# Which rare or unusual cars have you seen recently? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121 "2025-09-22T14:48:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/1 "2025-09-22T14:48:06Z")
A few days ago, I was stuck in a line of traffic that was following a very slow school bus on a rural road. The only interesting part of the experience was that I was directly in back of a new-ish Bentley Flying Spur sedan. My car is quite quick, but when the school bus turned-off to a side road, the Bentley accelerated very rapidly, and I was unable to keep up with it. Really impressive power from a sedate-looking sedan! Yesterday, I spied a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Black Badge SUV parked in Princeton. The Black Badge version is the high-performance variant, and it sits much lower than the “regular” Cullinan model. From the gleaming paint to the unusual alloy wheels, it was a sight to behold. Because I was driving at the time, I wasn’t able to take a pic of that very rare bird. **Edited to add** … Because I wasn’t able to take a pic of the Cullinan, I am adding a pic that I found online. The one that we saw had much more attractive alloy wheels. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/3/831e926b96b0737b946c879c9a17ffa7a8d2a630.jpeg) What interesting vehicles have other forum members seen recently? ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/2 "2025-09-22T15:35:39Z")
Yesterday we saw an orange Lamborghini, of recent vintage. I wasn’t sure of the exact model, but I knew it was a recent one. Beautiful car…but I’m sure glad I don’t have to pay for it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/3 "2025-09-22T15:58:38Z")
> [@ledhed75](#): > > I’m sure glad I don’t have to pay for it. It’s not just the original purchase price that an owner has to contend with. Depending on the specific model, an oil change for a Lambo can cost as much as $2k. But, that is mere chump change for the super-wealthy. Consider the cost of an oil change for a Bugatti Veyron. That runs from **$20k-25k**. For an oil change! ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/4 "2025-09-22T17:38:08Z")
I read that timing belt changes for a Ferrari are about $25,000, but that was several years ago. ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/5 "2025-09-22T18:16:10Z")
Yeah, my point exactly. Many moons ago, when a Lexus was kind of an exotic animal…a family member of mine had a Lexus sedan in the early 90s. We lived in southwest Arkansas, but the car had to be taken to Dallas, TX, just to get the oil changed. Like I said, it was a long time ago. But ever since then my personal rule of thumb has been I will not have a vehicle where Walmart can’t change the oil. Not that Walmart is always ideal…but you get the point. No thanks on a $2000 oil change. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/6 "2025-09-22T18:18:42Z")
Nothing in person driving by my house, but mr. Pete (tublecain) my favorite 80 year old former industrial arts teacher, took us on a two hour tour last night of an exclusive, private, and secret restoration facility. Many many old and unique vehicles under restoration. One was Joe Kennedy’s caddy, and Edsel fords 38 Lincoln that is said to be the finest car ever built. Two parts, an hour each on you tube. Just search Mr Pete part 1 and then part two. As a footnote, I never was able to take industrial arts beyond 8th grade but have always been interested in mechanics. After retirement I ran across this guy and learned everything from foundry to machining. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/7 "2025-09-22T19:18:01Z")
> [@ledhed75](#): > > We lived in southwest Arkansas, but the car had to be taken to Dallas, TX, just to get the oil changed. Why? Even back when Lexus was first introduced they shared components and engines with Toyota. #2 - Lexus’s first model was the LS-400. There was nothing special about doing an oil change on this vehicle. I’ve done many oil changes on vehicles I’ve never seen before. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/8 "2025-09-22T19:59:26Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > Why? Even back when Lexus was first introduced they shared components and engines with Toyota Part of the mystique of owning an unusual car. ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/9 "2025-09-22T20:17:45Z")
No idea. I was a kid at the time. But I remember someone having to come from Dallas to pick up the car and bring it back because, apparently no one in my town could change the oil. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/10 "2025-09-22T20:39:49Z")
I dunno, after he retired, my dad drove for the olds caddy dealer for something to do and someone to talk to. It was not unusual to drive 50 miles to pick up a leased car for an oil change or service at the dealer, then return the car before the guy got off of work. Part of customer care. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/11 "2025-09-22T20:59:51Z")
When the Lexus LS400 first came out there was no equivalent Toyota engine, so that might have scared off some shops, and filters may not have been easily available. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/12 "2025-09-22T21:10:59Z")
> [@texases](#): > > and filters may not have been easily available. Toyota has access to all Lexus filters. That engine was sold by toyota - just not in the US. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/13 "2025-09-22T21:18:11Z")
> [@ledhed75](#): > > We lived in southwest Arkansas Near El Dorado or Magnolia? I’m working on some projects near there. I wouldn’t surprise me if the local Toyota dealer there would have been reluctant to service an LS right after they came out. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/14 "2025-09-22T22:16:20Z")
Stopped by the Lamborghini dealer in Naples not long ago. A whole lot of supercars and a few Lambo SUVs. They had a used Rolls Royce SUV in the lot as well. Lots of fancy cars rolling around in Naples. Ferrari, Bentley, McLaren, Maserati and Rolls Royce. ---
**Author:** ![FSH003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FSH003](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FSH003)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/15 "2025-09-22T22:52:36Z")
On the highway I saw an old Ford Country Squire. I am pleased I spotted it because I learned about a car that I did not know was manufactured. I do not know the exact year of the car, but I will put up a picture of a 1967, I am going to take a guess and say it was a 1967. What a good looking vehicle. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/5/f/5f62ac4ca4b13f5755b8ffe5b17b12c9ae37a059.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/16 "2025-09-22T23:03:55Z")
I don’t know about Toyota but like I said I stopped at the Honda dealer to buy a fuel relay for the kids Acura because it was on the way. I’m sure the part numbers were the same bu5 they wouldn’t sell it to me saying they keep their franchises separate. Stopped at avuravthen and th3 box said Honda. Just sayin. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/17 "2025-09-22T23:36:31Z")
saw Eddie too Has 10 intake ports for v8. ![IMG_0250](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/e/de77ddf48e4fb4bad9fb578c057c3e39ba7a8f8d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/18 "2025-09-23T00:01:46Z")
Jdm Nisan Atlas crew cab with japanese on the front doors, a late 70’s Datsun SW and a early ,80’s Datsun piclup are parked on either side. ---
**Author:** ![Beancounter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/19 "2025-09-23T11:49:26Z")
I recently saw a 1960’s King Midget III at the local Cars and Coffee. About 10 feet long, made in Ohio, 9 HP Kohler engine and entirely street legal. A great Hummer alternative 🤣 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/7/07961b0245e346524fce457398c312b4fd51347c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121/20 "2025-09-23T12:45:04Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > Has 10 intake ports for v8. **Has 10 carburetors for a v8** There, I fixed it for you. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-rare-or-unusual-cars-have-you-seen-recently/204121.md?page=2)