Spotting thread! Did you see any special cars on the road today?

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  1. Leadfoot J. McCoalroller

    Leadfoot J. McCoalroller Senior Member

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    I had an uber ride in a Kia Niro electric today. I didn't notice the odometer but the interior was rough, chunks missing from the steering wheel, various marks on the headliner.The driver got a low battery alarm a few miles before he dropped me off, and he'd mentioned he still had another 35 miles to go on his own voyage. Hope it worked out for him.

    It was okay to ride in, though the seat felt quite close to the floor, not a lot of thigh support.

    I saw a 70s Mercedes 230 in decent shape this morning, maybe the W114 body? I've always loved the W123 models from the early 80s.

    Yesterday I saw a silver Plymouth Prowler on the interstate.
     
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    An assortment of red sports cars today, a 911 GT3, C8 Corvette, and an LC500. Getting tires done on the Tacoma and there's an MK5 GR Supra in the lot, and I also saw a Bullit Mustang. A real oddball was a Gen 3 Prius with Gen 2 15" wheels (incidentally I saw a Gen 2 with Gen 3 wheels, maybe they swapped lol).
     
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    Infiniti QX4 with collector plates

    2025 LX700h

    Toyota Noah X
     
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    Leadfoot J. McCoalroller Senior Member

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    I'm working in rural NY this week, and it's a mild summer, so there are classic cars out all over the place. Too many to list.

    There was one car that really caught my eye... a late model Toyota Prius c in Tangerine Splash Pearl. Other than our own, it's the only one I've ever spotted. Only took six and a half years.
     
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    You still have it? what's the odometer read out now
     
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    I see an occasional Lamborghini, Porsche, McLaren or some similar 3-foot high super car on the road here.
    Given that I can barely get into my Prius because of the low roof line, I's surprised it doesn't look more upscale.
     
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    What made you think we didn't have it? Anyway it's only got about 92k on it now. One of the many things that changed permanently during the pandemic was our usage pattern; we are not driving that car as much as we had expected.

    It is very unlikely to ever recoup its extra cost in gasoline savings, but we still like it, and it's not like there are many good hatchbacks left out there.
     
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    Saw a Plymouth Prowler and a rare Spitfire GT 6.
     
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    The societal trend in general to unload cars after ½ a decade - & remembering ~½ a decade ago was when toyo gave the c the ax? in any event - it was more of an inquiry than a presumption
     
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    Ah gotcha. We'd always planned on keeping that one 8-12 years and even though our usage is now below predictions, it's not enough to change the overall replacement calendar.

    It's not going to be easy to replace that car, there are almost no good hatchbacks left and almost all of them are larger.
     
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    New / paper plates Audi TT RS
    They are almost starting to look like a hybrid of the R8.
     
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    Today I got only one, but what a beauty! A restored Shelby Cobra 427 in dark metallic gray with black stripes and trim. It sounded amazing!
     
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    Still in the Finger Lakes region with lots of cool cars to be seen, but the highlights were a Datsun 240Z convertible and an Alfa-Romeo GTV6
     
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    I saw a 1984 VW Vanagon Westfalia camper on my way to work this morning. Been a while since I've seen one underway.
     
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    A rodded Model A type truck with wood bed.
     
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    Ha! I hear that term 'rodded' - & I flash back to 1986 when I had to rod out the rusty scale of my 64½ 289 Mustang's water jackets. What a pain.
     
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    Polestar 1!! Man is it nondescript.

    Also, I saw the DB5 again and managed to take a closer look at the licence plate (UK plate). Looks like it was imported into the UK (LHD for one thing) but also the plate doesn't match the years the DB5 was built.
     
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    Fun fact - The Ferrari f40, 64½ Mustang convertible, 80s Porsche cabriolets etc - certain cars on the road exist now in higher quantity than were originally manufactured. It's because they were so popular but expensive/unaffordable rare that people would chop up another car to make the type of car they wanted. Not saying this rare Shelby Mustang convertible falls in that category, but it really makes you wonder. For example if it were a 67-year? There's only one, & it's in a museum - lol

    that said - yesterday at a stoplight a martini olive green convertible 69 Olds Cutlass Supreme - nicely restored
     
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    It has been said that the mass of Italian olive oil production has exceeded the mass of the entire Italian olive harvest every year since the mid-1970s for the same reason.
     
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