# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/161 "2014-07-07T14:06:04Z")
Not just one, but two Lambos. Which make the only two I’ve ever seen in my rice-growing village in Eastern Taiwan. Japan had lots more interesting cars. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/162 "2014-07-07T14:57:45Z")
Actually not today but Saturday. This car, “[Fang](http://www.t-zeroracing.com/fang.htm)” a 1938 Chevrolet Fangio Coupe built in Argentina and winner of a 2013 endurance rally from Buenos Aires to Cape Horn. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/163 "2014-07-07T15:18:14Z")
Over the weekend I saw a couple, including a nice Shelby Cobra kit car but I think my favorite was a 70 Chevy Nova that clearly had been driven fast. Not lovingly restored but kept well. An unassuming car with kick - it appeared to have the 427. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/164 "2014-07-12T03:12:12Z")
A 2VC on the highway headed south. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/165 "2014-07-12T03:26:37Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A 2VC on the highway headed south. A 2 vessel cord (2VC) -Single Umbilical Atery (SUA)?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/166 "2014-07-12T05:25:40Z")
Far too many to choose just one, today as every Friday in downtown Escondido, where a weekly car show is held. I’ll post a few pics tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/167 "2014-07-12T05:28:13Z")
I have no idea what it was, but what looked like a tiny Batmobile with three wheels drove past my apartment last night. It had two wheels in the front and only one in the rear, no top, a neon blue light coming from underneath, and the \*loudest \*stereo I think I have ever heard. (Which is what made me look out the window in the first place.) ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/168 "2014-07-12T06:11:14Z")
Sounds like a T-Rex, unless there’s a pre-release Slingshot running around. I guess an 05-09 Mustang GT was the most interesting thing I’ve seen today. Small town. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/169 "2014-07-12T06:27:13Z")
A black '59 Chevy Impala Biscayne in gorgeous condition. Belongs to my sister’s neighbors, who had it out from under its protective cover today. I keep trying to decide if that’s the model we had for a while when I was in my early teens but I think now ours was a later model. Still had tail fins but not quite a cool as the ones on the '59. Oh, saw a tiny convertible today too. Don’t know what it was. Only about as long as a Smart Car and new. Wish I got a better look at it. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/170 "2014-07-12T18:14:33Z")
Saw a Lotus two days ago, and a vintage 56 Chevy yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/171 "2014-07-27T04:31:43Z")
I saw the silver car on this [page](http://www.bobpetersenengineering.co.uk/#!road-racer/c8nt) today - a recreation of a 6.5L blower Bentley. A serious toy. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/172 "2014-07-28T13:33:02Z")
Ecto 1, DeLorean DMC12, Mystery Mobile, Monkee Mobile, & (1989) Batmobile…all under the same tent of “Hollywood Cars” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/173 "2014-07-28T14:22:48Z")
Drove up to Carlsbad yesterday afternoon to spend some time at the beach with a friend. Saw an Audi R8 on the freeway, and a Ferrari 458 Italia on the Coast Highway. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/174 "2014-07-28T14:25:01Z")
Stopped by the Porsche dealership Saturday since they had a 911 50th. Nearby was a white 2005 GT, 499K. Dayum but that’s a fierce looking beast. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/175 "2014-07-29T01:53:34Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A 2VC on the highway headed south. I’ve recently been toying with the idea of buying a 2CV truckette for my business. It’s probably an idle dream, because they seem to be fairly scarce. On the subject of unusual cars, can somebody tell me what the hell I saw yesterday? It was a sedan, not too unusual to my ignorant eyes, but it had an Italian name beginning with T, and a badge that looked sort of like the T in the Texas Rangers logo. It wasn’t a Tesla. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/176 "2014-07-29T03:59:22Z")
Today it was a red 1970 Opel GT. Smaller than I remember them; I think they look better now. There’s nothing that dinky and that pretty out there. Friday it was a yellow 1967 ('66?) Chevelle four-door with “250” badges, which have always seemed rare–most people with sixes didn’t brag about them, but this was the optional bored and stroked big six. I got alongside at a light and asked, “Stovebolt with a Powerglide?” “Yep!” We connoisseurs of fine Grandma Cars have a special kinship. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/177 "2014-07-29T11:53:53Z")
I was just out in California for a few days and our hotel was next to a Ferrari/Maserati dealership - too many to count. But we stopped at my cousin’s house before heading to the airport and he has a working 1954 Citroen in the driveway. Not what I expected to see when we arrived, but Steven has always had a thing for odd cars. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Citroen-TractionAvant1954.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Citroen-TractionAvant1954.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/178 "2014-07-29T12:38:46Z")
I work next to a BMW dealership. Today they had both the new i3 and i8 outside on display. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/179 "2014-08-06T18:37:42Z")
I just saw a pale orange Bricklin parked in front of a plaza at Ritson and Taunton in Oshawa. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/180 "2014-08-06T18:46:05Z")
> [@Sal\_Ammoniac](#): > > On the subject of unusual cars, can somebody tell me what the hell I saw yesterday? It was a sedan, not too unusual to my ignorant eyes, but it had an Italian name beginning with T, and a badge that looked sort of like the T in the Texas Rangers logo. It wasn’t a Tesla. A [De Tomaso](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Tomaso)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=10)