# What's the most interesting car you saw today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889 "2014-05-21T02:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 88
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1743 "2017-09-06T05:43:10Z")
I saw a [BMW I8](http://st.automobilemag.com/uploads/sites/11/2013/11/2014-BMW-i8-rear-view-2.jpg) today. They managed to bring fins into the 21st century. ---
**Author:** ![SOJA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SOJA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SOJA)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1744 "2017-09-06T07:25:16Z")
996.2 Turbo and what looked to be a 991.1 R that flew past me on the freeway. The 996.2 was parked near work. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1745 "2017-09-06T21:14:29Z")
Black MGB in San Francisco, at Cesar Chavez and Shotwell. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1746 "2017-09-06T23:15:19Z")
I saw a very tiny car today, in San Francisco, and I’d love to know what it was. Overall length was about the same as a smart car, but the rear window came down immediately behind the seat, and then there was a sort of box mounted separately on the chassis behind the passenger compartment, I think between the rear wheels. I only saw it for a second, it was going the other way in traffic and I couldn’t get a good look. I don’t know if it was electric or hybrid or internal combustion. Needless to say, I didn’t see any logos or identifying marks. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1747 "2017-09-07T01:59:07Z")
Saw an early 70s Camaro SS convertible and an 90s (E36) BMW 3-series that looked like it just left the showroom. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1748 "2017-09-08T14:05:17Z")
Two Porsches yesterday, a Cayenne and then a 911 a couple of hours later. But what made them interesting was their bright colors. It was a bright and sunny day, so their colors really popped. The Cayenne was this bright yellow-green blend that I’d describe with: pea soup greenish, or bile greenish yellow. An odd color, neither green nor yellow, but clearly somewhere between the two. I wonder what its registration says it is. I searched, and even tried to build my own Cayenne on Porsche’s site, but couldn’t find that color. Apparently it’s called _ **Peridot Green** _. Image: [https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&biw=768&bih=928&noj=1&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=gKGyWcaYKsGCjwOAlI2YBQ&q=porsche+cayenne+peridot+green&oq=porsche+cayenne+peridot+green&gs\_l=mobile-gws-img.3...42676.48229.0.48819.10.9.1.0.0.0.553.1712.0j6j1j5-1.8.0....0...1.1.64.mobile-gws-img..1.3.504...30i10k1.TP28IMsAL4o#imgrc=LYKsrlm0Pkzn1M:](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&biw=768&bih=928&noj=1&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=gKGyWcaYKsGCjwOAlI2YBQ&q=porsche+cayenne+peridot+green&oq=porsche+cayenne+peridot+green&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.3...42676.48229.0.48819.10.9.1.0.0.0.553.1712.0j6j1j5-1.8.0....0...1.1.64.mobile-gws-img..1.3.504...30i10k1.TP28IMsAL4o#imgrc=LYKsrlm0Pkzn1M:) The 911 was definitely a blue, but a unique blue I’d never seen before. A search quickly found that it’s apparently called _ **Miami Blue** _. Images: [https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&biw=768&bih=928&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=u6CyWcK6LoS6jwOu0b6oBw&q=porsche+911+miami+blue&oq=porsche+911+miami+blue&gs\_l=mobile-gws-img.3..0l2j0i5i30k1j0i8i30k1l2.21907.23822.0.24306.6.6.0.0.0.0.158.728.0j5.5.0....0...1.1.64.mobile-gws-img..1.5.728...0i7i30k1j0i7i5i30k1j0i8i7i30k1j0i13k1.YQRI5srTTas](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&biw=768&bih=928&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=u6CyWcK6LoS6jwOu0b6oBw&q=porsche+911+miami+blue&oq=porsche+911+miami+blue&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.3..0l2j0i5i30k1j0i8i30k1l2.21907.23822.0.24306.6.6.0.0.0.0.158.728.0j5.5.0....0...1.1.64.mobile-gws-img..1.5.728...0i7i30k1j0i7i5i30k1j0i8i7i30k1j0i13k1.YQRI5srTTas) Those colors made me think back on some European car colors of the 1970s. Bright, almost loud, flashy, unique. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1749 "2017-09-08T20:12:39Z")
Saw a $100,000 Lexus [LC Coupe](https://www.lexus.com/models/LC) on the school run this morning. That is one wild looking car. Between that and the RX, you definitely can’t call Lexus boring anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1750 "2017-09-08T22:16:48Z")
A black Maserati sedan passed me on the freeway! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1751 "2017-09-08T22:24:19Z")
I saw a 70s VW Vanagon painted up like Charlie Brown’s shirt (yellow with zigzag) pulling a dog house trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1752 "2017-09-09T00:43:38Z")
Parked next to a [Genesis G-80](https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/genesis/g80/2017) today. Never heard of it before, so that was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1753 "2017-09-09T03:35:23Z")
> [@Tee](#): > > Parked next to a [Genesis G-80](https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/genesis/g80/2017) today. Never heard of it before, so that was interesting. They’ve been around for several years; Hyundai is doing well in getting a share of the luxury car market. I see they’ve dropped the Hyundai part of the name. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1754 "2017-09-09T19:31:21Z")
An 70s-80s vintage Aston Martin [Lagonda](https://www.topgear.com/sites/default/files/styles/16x9_1280w/public/news-listicle/image/2016/01/1lagondatarafmagjan16.jpg?itok=2ebdF4jL). A far cry from the DB series. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1755 "2017-09-10T19:13:45Z")
Porsche Panamera. It just didn’t look like it should be carrying the Porsche badge, but it was slick for a sedan. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1756 "2017-09-11T12:06:00Z")
Not sure of the exact model, but I think it was a vintage Porsche 718 RSK convertible, with the hump behind the driver. I don’t know if there were other models of Porsche with a similar silhouette but that seems to match closest to what this guy was driving on his morning commute. Must be taking advantage of the last good weather up here. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1757 "2017-09-11T23:37:48Z")
[Brown 1979 Camaro.](http://www.pinsdaddy.com/1979-camaro-z28-brown-related-keywords-amp-amp-suggestions_*o5ZqvDNSNG8lyIgf5r3jrSCq1vvhL78Hkt*fX7XWLK1tn2j40E0kPK5s%7CZvKCTtv6OHnFqQk7t3E1QWZJl1AA/whZzOUbIj%7CizB7kxuCNb*aMGTjgE*M6icAKzk0pLnliY3LHrd5h08Lo17pgcoQ13vsmZZtMA5Ue%7Cra5wRaevQQ1nrJU7bfFTK9l851ZcuwkAeKX423D7t3JFXUoJFr6P/) The car was twice the age of the driver and in somewhat rougher shape than the linked image. He didn’t seem bothered by that in the least; huge grin on his face when I gave him a thumbs up. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1758 "2017-09-12T14:59:19Z")
Yesterday on the drive home an Aston Martin DB9 convertible, with the top down in this fantastic September weather. Today a Lotus Evora in a boring grey color. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1759 "2017-09-14T17:49:05Z")
[1957 Ford Thunderbird in red](https://www.google.com/search?q=original+thunderbird+hardtop+car+red&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI3PnpnaXWAhVhsVQKHWo9CN8QsAQIJw&biw=1536&bih=735#imgdii=YrofZWT9xdLd8M:&imgrc=qq80ccN3VvYKXM:). Paint a little dull but in otherwise good shape. ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1760 "2017-09-17T23:12:01Z")
Today, fins! '59 Cadillac convertible au naturel. I’m sure it had a nice color once, no clue what it might have been. Yesterday, a work van. \*\*Jesus Plastering. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1761 "2017-09-18T05:15:40Z")
1962/63 Studebaker Avanti, and a 1975 Chrysler Newport. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1762 "2017-09-18T15:16:28Z")
1929 Ford done up racer style - sky-high blown small block Chevy, chopped, channeled and Z’d. [Sort of like this.](https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5543/30390569760_09ee2ecc4e_z.jpg) It was white, and less “rat roddy”, but still unfinished. Same headers, even. Surprisingly, it had open headers and slicks, on the street. Don’t know how he managed to avoid the law. I guess if the cops aren’t going to ticket those goddammed Harleys with open pipes, then a street rod can be immune, too. And as for the slicks, well, it never rains in Arizona. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=89)