What rare, odd or unusual cars have you spotted out in the wild recently? Museums and large car shows don't count. I mean out on the road, or possibly racetrack, living as actual cars.
Today I saw a Mitsubishi Galant vr4 driving in the pouring rain on I-476 in PA.
I saw a Ferrari 599 GTO in downtown Monterey a few years ago, that's probably the rarest thing I've seen on the road in a while. Not much rolling around Jacksonville, NC that counts as rare.
oldtin
UberDork
12/9/14 3:43 p.m.
Lancia Montecarlo/Scorpion in Estero, FL Nov. 10th. A few days before that, saw an Opel GT in traffic in Waukegan, IL. There's a guy down the street with a pretty new Maserati GT and another guy in town with a Lamborghini Espada that cruises around town on nice days.
Saw a Mazda MP3 a couple weeks ago.
Saw a nearly rust free orange late 70 Fiesta in a junkyard near Chicago. I wanted to rescue it so bad.
I passed a Ferrari 458 Italia and a F360 Modena parked next to each other. Both were parked by a 930...and a Miata.
In reply to jsquared: Keep in mind unicorns don't have to be exotic, just something that was never common sight. For example, over in the thread about building a $5k super SUV, someone mentioned the SAAB 9-4, less than 500 were made, and I've seen exactly 1, and I'm a SAAB fan, so I've looked for them. That's a good example of a Unicorn.
I think that some cars that were once somewhat common, and have now all disappeared do to attrition could count as unicorns too. For example, a lot of the less popular '70s Datsuns.
Ferrari's are common out here. Yesterday I saw a Black W8 4 Motion Passat Wagon with a stick in a parking lot.
FYI: If you are on Facebook, there's a group called V.I.S.I.T. that is pretty much this. It stands for Vehicles I Saw In Traffic, and caters to the weird and unusual stuff.
Otherwise, carry on.
Several years ago, on the way home from work, saw a real deal Porsche 904; part of Copperstate 1000. That little 4-banger rumbled like a hot rod V8. So wicked cool.
JFX001
UberDork
12/9/14 4:10 p.m.
Rover SD1 on I-75 just north of Cincinnati, while coming back from Thanksgiving.
I saw a green Subaru SVX with a blue hood today.
There's an Opel GT here in Middletown, OH that I'm pretty sure the guy daily drives. Saw a VW Bus on the road yesterday.
Cobra (probably kit) on side of road with hood and boot up, guy out of the car looking lost......
Saw a pretty Maserati Quatrodoor today going the other way. I like the look but the catastrophic costs of ownership make my Phaeton years look positively miserly.
Saw a Maverick Grabber and an MGB in traffic this morning at 7:30am while going to work.
It's December, and the temps warmed up into the 40s today with light rain.
Genuine black e30 M-Tech 2 appearance pack cabriolet, with a stick. 100% stock.
Going to dinner Sunday night in Little Rock, a light-yellow E-Type Coupe idled past as we were crossing the street. It had an antique plate. It looked pristine. It was breathtaking. I said: "That is the iconic automobile of all time." And meant it.
Walked past an Aston DB9 when I walked to the supermarket during my lunch break.
Silver late model NSX tooling along in traffic this morning.
Citroen Deux Cheveau in blue and orange within the last week.
Not proud of this, but one of my neighbors owns a Murano Convertible
mndsm
MegaDork
12/9/14 6:06 p.m.
Green ae101 wagon. Not.rusted out. Wait, that's mime!
I don't have the pics on my phone anymore but heres a couple from my Instagram account.
Mercedes E63 AMG wagon
http://instagram.com/p/qzitkzjIHM/
Lamborghini Gallardo
http://instagram.com/p/qchYF0DIOg/
Lamborghini Miura
http://instagram.com/p/miqKdXDIFU/
Maybach 62
http://instagram.com/p/myyK6iDIK8/
Lotus Esprit S2
http://instagram.com/p/cVPuqlDIHp/