I hadn’t noticed the joint in the roof, but I thought it might be just based on the vanity plate 59POPUP. I assumed “pop up” was probably a reference to the retractable top.
2019 Alfa 4C Spyder.
It got almost warm today with temps in the upper 40s. Everyone came out to play.
I remember seeing one at a car show years ago and my dad saying something like “it has about 11,000 moving parts”. He wasn’t a fan 
I saw a McLaren of some kind yesterday. I don’t know those cars well. It looked brand new; wasn’t a convertible; it had a popup rear spoiler. Beyond that, I have no clue as to what model it was.
A few weeks ago I saw a good old fashioned dune buggy: rear engine, probably a VW chassis, welded tube cage for a body. The day I saw it was pretty cold and i remember thinking the driver was being silly or overly optimistic. In either case, it was a cool vehicle.
I have all new materials for the interior of my Spitfire. I hope to get them installed over the next few weeks and get the paint done shortly after. Can’t wait to take it out this summer!
A Karma Revero
https://www.motor1.com/news/383268/karma-revero-gts-debuts/
Ooh, pretty.
Last week I saw a Mazda Miata (older model with pop-up headlights) with the top down. In February, in Boston. And it really wasn’t that warm out, probably in the 30’s.
A beautifully restored first generation Mustang being driven by a little white haired old lady, with a handicapped placard hanging from the mirror. Cue up “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena”.
I wonder if there’s a story there, like she bought that car as a young woman 55 years ago, held onto it all this time, and just recently got it restored.
And on the way home, an equally beautiful yellow C2 Corvette.
A black Tesla in this Podunk town it is odd.
Not interesting cars, but a trivia question about interesting cars.
I play in a weekly trivia night with a friend at our local pub. The last question of the night is a sort of “Final Jeopardy”-type question where you can wager up to 15 points to win or lose on the answer. It nearly always requires you to put four items in some sort of order.
Last night, we rocketed from 6th to 2nd place (and into the money - $15 off our bar bill) by being one of only two teams to get this question right:
Arrange the following cars in order of their year of first manufacture, from earliest to latest:
AMC Hornet
Dodge Super Bee
Plymouth Barracuda
Porsche 550 Spyder
A Ferrari Roma, never seen one in the wild before. Must be spring. Also a Bentley Continental convertible driving on our street, pretty unusual for a warren of one way streets that don’t go anywhere.
This morning, a Rolls Royce Phantom coming out of my office. The new owners, perhaps?
This morning, a Volvo P1800, with old blue California plates.
This morning, in the Costco parking lot: a black Ferrari 458 Spider. :eek:
A late 40’s Packard Super Eight, based on the front bumper I think it was a 1947. It has seen better days, but was out driving on a warm Sunday afternoon.
On the way on to work, a bright orange Lotus, of some sort. A quick Google image search suggests it was an Evora.
Dupe.
A blue Maserati Ghibli, slowing down in front of me for an eyeful as we both passed the Tesla dealership. There was nothing there that I don’t see every day on my way to work.
I saw an orange Evora on Memorial Drive in Cambridge MA this weekend.
I test drove a Tesla Model 3 Friday. The lease is up on my Bolt in August and I’m starting to plan for what to do. I drove the Performance version. It was awesome. I don’t think I’m going to go for a Model 3, though. It’s a little small, and even though we can afford it, it’s still hard to justify the expense. I might look at a used Model S. But I’ll probably either buy my current Bolt or lease a new one.
6:45 a.m. Sat, silver new Corvette Stingray w/ dealer plates, driving slowly in the right lane of the Eisenhower Expresswaty towards downtown Chicago. Had no idea what it was until I googled later.
From the outside, driver looked a little cramped.