Unusual cars you see commuting

Saw a Toyota Sera in Westminster, Md. Sorry no picture.

Saw a ~2016 Viper ACR on the highway this morning--first time I've ever seen one outside of a race track. Hot car!

Not really commuting.  But I saw one of those pre-production clad in camoflauge vehicles today.  In DC.  At Howard Univ. passing the Mickey Ds.

Michigan plates.  Looked like a Dodge grill but the really old early oughts ugly ones behind the netting so maybe a head fake.

Big square Suburban sized thing.  Completely clad so very early pre-production one would think.  Then I saw a smaller older Ford I think tootle past shortly thereafter with Michigan dealer plates.  Don't know if they were connected.

Do they run pre-productions models past the goobermint mafia before hand?  Nice little prototype you got there. 

It’s been a busy few weeks so I have a bunch to go through.  Here’s a Prius hitched to a tiny trailer near Grants Tomb.

No pictures, but I saw a well-worn SVT Contour on my way to work today - and yesterday I saw its only slightly more common surviving sibling, a Jaguar X-Type.

This pair was street parked in Harlem today.

Saw the comletely clad pre-production SUV with Michigan tags again on Constitution Ave.  Still think it's a Dodge.

You think Michigan would have turrible enough roads of their own to test the ride comfort on.  

In reply to Sparkydog :

I believe that is one of the Ferrari replica cars we used in ford v Ferrari.  I’d have to go through my pics and see if so, but I would bet it is.  They drive the nicest out of all of them but needed a lot of love to get to that point. 

nderwater said:

Saw a ~2016 Viper ACR on the highway this morning--first time I've ever seen one outside of a race track. Hot car!

I used to see this in the parking lot on fridays last summer

I saw this on my way home last week:

I have seen many small imports, especially VW, with the tires stretched, but this was the first truck I’ve seen like that. 

I see trucks with tall wheels and rubber band tires around here. Just gotta wonder how that and what you posted affects the load carrying capability of a truck. After all, that's why most of us get a truck. Having a nice looking truck is bonus points.

wlkelley3 said:

I see trucks with tall wheels and rubber band tires around here. Just gotta wonder how that and what you posted affects the load carrying capability of a truck. After all, that's why most of us get a truck. Having a nice looking truck is bonus points.

The bigger the truck, the less likely it is to be hauling anything other than a WHOLE case of dip.

There's a guy near where I work with what looks like 26" wheels with rubberband tires... on a dually Cummins.  Yes, six rubberbands.

The city could use more Italian supercars echoing off buildings. 

In reply to Wally :

Good license tag. Arancio metalico is the color on that one. Translates to orange metallic, so descriptive!

On the way into work this morning I saw a seemingly unrusted Suzuki Samurai with a hardtop that was actually more or less keeping up with traffic. Can't remember the last time I saw one of those, and one without rust is unheard of in the Northeast. Also spotted an older (60s) Alfa Spider heading the other way.

Just so clean and perfect. Palo Alto, CA 

Stuck in traffic yesterday morning 

Not what you expect to see parked on the street at 4:30 AM.

On a roll today. 

First I saw the new Porsche S

Then I saw the Fiero BB512

The saw the Fiero 308 (this one was actually impressive)

Wally said:

Not what you expect to see parked on the street at 4:30 AM.

One of these passed me on the highway the other day doing about 85-90.  Sounded like a damn race car with straight pipes.  It was glorious.

I was about to criticize Porsche's latest design until I saw the panel gap picture. At that point, my mind immediately lept to "Pontiac Solstice," even though I haven't spent more than 30 seconds of my life looking at one (and that was 10+ years ago). The brain is an amazing thing.

Saw this walking to get coffee today. To be fair I'm in Asia right now so it's not as unusual.