# 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:** 94
**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:** [November 30, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1863 "2017-11-30T22:08:03Z")
A Mini. A REAL Mini, with small wheels, a roof about the height of my midsection, & the steering wheel on the right side. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1864 "2017-11-30T23:27:18Z")
I went to the fantastic Museum of Transportation today ([http://transportmuseumassociation.org](http://transportmuseumassociation.org)). Lots of cool vehicles there, including a couple of Moons and Dorrises, a Chrysler Turbine, and a Stanley Steamer. The rarest, though, has to be the one-of-a-kind DiDia 150, custom built from scratch by clothing designer Andrew Di Dia and owned by Bobby Darin. It’s a pretty crazy car. Here’s the Wiki page: [DiDia 150 - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiDia_150). And here’s the pic I took today: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/a/W67rR). If you like cars (or trains) and you’re near StL, the Museum of Transportation is a must-see. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1865 "2017-12-01T05:13:58Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I went to the fantastic Museum of Transportation today ([http://transportmuseumassociation.org](http://transportmuseumassociation.org)). Lots of cool vehicles there, including a couple of Moons and Dorrises, a Chrysler Turbine, and a Stanley Steamer. The rarest, though, has to be the one-of-a-kind DiDia 150, custom built from scratch by clothing designer Andrew Di Dia and owned by Bobby Darin. It’s a pretty crazy car. Here’s the Wiki page: [DiDia 150 - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiDia_150). And here’s the pic I took today: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/a/W67rR). > > If you like cars (or trains) and you’re near StL, the Museum of Transportation is a must-see. I used to travel to STL quite a bit for work. That museum was on my list, but while I toured many STL area sites, I never made it there. And now I don’t go to STL any more. If I ever do go back to STL, that’s still on my list! ---
**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:** [December 4, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1866 "2017-12-04T16:59:52Z")
A 1982 Fiat 2000 Spyder, white, in great condition. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1867 "2017-12-04T17:25:12Z")
There was a monstrous Ram 2500 in the parking lot. The bottom of the window was the about the same height as the roof of the Nissan Rogue next to it. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1868 "2017-12-04T17:37:30Z")
A Mitsubishi Starion - built between 1982 and 1989. Could be a winter car for someone, although it’s a bit of an odd choice. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1869 "2017-12-04T18:18:33Z")
The most interesting car I’ve seen today is my neighbor’s new used Dodge Caravan. I don’t get out much.:o ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1870 "2017-12-04T18:29:23Z")
OK, not a car but very interesting to me. A [V-tail Beech Bonanza](http://ccs.dogpile.com/ClickHandler.ashx?encp=ld%3d20171204%26app%3d1%26c%3dinfo.dogpl%26s%3dDogpile%26rc%3dinfo.dogpl%26dc%3d%26euip%3d207.236.209.164%26pvaid%3d68a7a43c85d748fd8b425a9411f1a145%26dt%3dDesktop%26sid%3d1830193568.3034128875342.1512412184%26vid%3d1830193568.3034128875342.1511302741.24%26fcoi%3d408%26fcop%3dleft%26fct.uid%3dccac9544428a4af0a63405e2aba3fb8a%26fpid%3d2%26en%3d0WEFU%252fZhSoTF%252fFm%252bpLeuVl4UPZzISdzyg%252baGYj7N8ISb7M1aTnzzgA%253d%253d%26coi%3d772%26npp%3d1%26p%3d0%26pp%3d0%26mid%3d9%26ep%3d1%26ru%3dhttp%253a%252f%252ftxtopaviation.com%252fwp-content%252fuploads%252f2014%252f05%252fV35-Bonanza.jpg%26du%3dhttp%253a%252f%252ftxtopaviation.com%252fwp-content%252fuploads%252f2014%252f05%252fV35-Bonanza.jpg%26hash%3dB93BCE2CD44EEC0E2B88064F525F1A15&ap=1&cop=main-title&om_userid=hM7YosLkEnNBdTzwyK2e&om_sessionid=XDmNej90hx2vzLOp02ux&om_pageid=wNBm6wdoZgaXx0fegKyZ), you don’t see many of them around anymore. Also, saw my first Maserati Levante in the wild. I can’t say I was all that impressed; the only image I could conjure up was if I was on my knees looking at Nicki Menaj’s butt in a pair of tight, white jeans; skinny top, heavy bottom. Don’t get me wrong, I like NM but the Levante looks really unbalanced. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1871 "2017-12-04T22:01:57Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A Mitsubishi Starion - built between 1982 and 1989. Could be a winter car for someone, although it’s a bit of an odd choice. I had one of those! An odd choice for winter, indeed. That thing would hydroplane if someone spit on the road! ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1872 "2017-12-04T22:24:30Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A Mitsubishi Starion - built between 1982 and 1989. Could be a winter car for someone, although it’s a bit of an odd choice. Last time I saw one of those, I was at a rally and I swore up and down to my friends that it was an old school Celica Supra. :o ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1873 "2017-12-05T05:30:44Z")
A two door Rolls Royce. I didn’t even know they made such a thing. It kind of looked like a VW beetle having an allergic reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1874 "2017-12-05T06:46:48Z")
Rolls Royce must have designed the Wraith to compete against the [VW Rolls kits](https://www.google.ca/search?q=VW+Rolls+hood/grille+kits&safe=off&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=q0dB6tNGx2j_gM%253A%252ChY_CWLdau7pKNM%252C_&usg=__CFJOS1WZcH5Ol6fPJLv2hGvHly4%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVt4ziovLXAhUM5oMKHZJpClIQ9QEIMzAE#imgrc=_). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1875 "2017-12-11T02:18:29Z")
1982 DeLorean. Spoke with the owners for a bit and they said it’s a real one, not a kit or replica, that they bought up in Pennsylvania about a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1876 "2017-12-11T02:23:16Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > [VW Rolls kits](https://www.google.ca/search?q=VW+Rolls+hood/grille+kits&safe=off&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=q0dB6tNGx2j_gM%253A%252ChY_CWLdau7pKNM%252C_&usg=__CFJOS1WZcH5Ol6fPJLv2hGvHly4%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVt4ziovLXAhUM5oMKHZJpClIQ9QEIMzAE#imgrc=_). I kinda like the one trying to be a ['40 Ford](https://www.google.com/search?q=1940+ford&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlyPGs84DYAhVpct8KHWhsB_oQsAQIKA&biw=2133&bih=1082). ---
**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:** [December 11, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1877 "2017-12-11T03:47:22Z")
Alfa Romeo Guilia, smart looking car ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1878 "2017-12-11T19:42:26Z")
Someone delivers mail in a [Nissan Be-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Be-1), interesting little car. And it is little. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1879 "2017-12-12T17:23:05Z")
A Fiat 1600 Spyder, in the Pismo Beach area. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1880 "2017-12-12T17:28:02Z")
Also — an old silver Porsche 914 on the highway, on US-101. I keep saying the same thing, and I’ll say it again, those cars are so _small!_ it’s incredible how small they are, even in today’s world of Smart Cars, the BMW i3, and Chevy Bolt EVs. Yeah, they’re small. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1881 "2017-12-13T14:09:47Z")
And! A Datsun 240Z. They got that car right when they designed it. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/1882 "2017-12-15T18:30:14Z")
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