6th Gen Camaro V6 with missing catalytic converter. The noise was not bitchin’. Good luck, buddy. Everyone for about 5 blocks knows you got the base model.

Some sort of Harley Davidson with the special S&S Fartblaster Megaphone exhaust. Ape hangers. Loud but not good.

The new Land Rover Defender in Maytag White. Not maybe as cool as I hoped. The back end is ok, but the front just looks like generic Land Rover. They aren’t targeting me, so good luck, Landy.

3 Crown Vics. One white with steelies, likely former fleet, but Not a Police Interceptor (NPI). Another in bookkeeper beige. The third was a still working taxi. The Panther body refuses to die.

2 Ford Explorers – Well, likely many, many more, but I observed the ubiquitous Explorer in full state trooper dress, and a law enforcement plain clothes Explorer. The plain clothes Explored was notable primarily for the steelies, just like on the old Crown Vics. A couple of weeks ago the new Walker TV show was filming near my office. They had lined up the Chargers that were all made up like Texas Ranger Highway Enforcement cars and some of the genuine article (I even think they were maybe some of the remaining Crown Vics – I don’t think Texas DPS ever went to the Taurus.)

70s era Air Cool VW Beetle. Looked kinda like this, only no balloon, and fewer occupants.

A Dyna Bro – Had only discovered what a Dyna Bro was earlier that day, and spotted one just hours later. The power of taxonomy – things only become visible when they have a name, then it’s too late. You are surrounded.

Mid Seventies International Harvester Scout II – Dressed in oxidized white with distressed denim panels. When I was old enough to drive, but still young enough to be a Boy Scout, I was waiting for some camping event when a fellow Scout’s father rolled up in a newish Scout II. I made some disparaging remark about how my Jeep Commando was a more capable vehicle, to which the father inquired as to where this Commando was. I sheepishly admitted that it was in the shop. Stings to this day. Boasting lesson received, but probably not learned.

Mid 70s BMW 5-Series (E12) – Color unremarkable (which means I don’t remember, but was probably grey or silver), but it had those c-pillar vents that were the fashion at the time.

W123 Mercedes sedans – Two! One spotted in real life (in silver) another at the movies (Black Widow). The W123 Mercedes role as “Moroccan Taxi” was a small but pivotal role, played with subtlety.

Second Generation Pontiac Phoenix – Spotted in Season 1 Episode 13 of “Superman and Lois.” The Smallville girl lures young Jonathan Kent into skipping school and taking a ride in her aging Pontiac. She’s confident about her ride, and defends it against some snark from Kent. I really did think it was a Chevy Citation, like what my dad drove, but the grill was different, and the hood clearly said “Pontiac.” Kudos to the car casting. It would have been easy to put her in a square body Chevy pick-up (or a Chevette). I mean, how many X-body GMs could be in Smallville? I would imagine that they’d all have fully oxidized and returned to the soil, or been cash-for-clunkered out of this mortal plane. Could the X-Body have significance to the plot? Is it tied to X-Kryptonite? No. That’s just stupid.