If, as I do, you like cars and comedy, Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee series is a viewing must. Jerry arrives at a celebrity’s house in a vehicle that he deems befitting that person’s character… or professional presence… and off they drive to a coffee shop… to talk shop.
But the show is already in season six. What if Seinfeld runs out of comedians? I’m sure many of us would be more than willing to stand in for one.
I pondered what Seinfeld might be driving if he came by my basement apartment for a drive to Hogan’s Diner. What I would want him driving would certainly be my dream car: a Mercedes 300-SL convertible with a hardtop and those gorgeous Euro fishbowl headlamps. But, in the cold light of day, Jerry’s people would probably come up with something completely different. They would look up my car history, which includes a preponderance of station wagons and microcars, and come to odd but proper choice.
“THIS is a Nineteen Sixtee-Three LIGHTBURN ZETA. It was made in Australia, and has an AIR cooled, TWO stroke, TWO cylinder, BOXER engine of 324 CCs. It’s wrapped in a FIBERGLASS body that looks like a CROSS between a Star Wars STORM TROOPER HELMET and a PUFFERFISH. Annnd, although it’s configured like a tiny STATION WAGON, it was marketed as a SEDAN, which is JUST AS WELL, since there is NO TAILGATE, and the only way to access the storage area is to REMOVE the SEATS! But, even DUMBER is that in order to go in REVERSE, you have to SHUT OFF the ENGINE and start it up again… ROTATING in the OPPOSITE direction! You not only have four speeds going FORWARD, you ALSO have four speeds in REVERSE! The only thing more frightening than driving this car in top gear FORWARD, is the real possibility of doing the same thing BACKWARDS!”
So, I don’t get a 300-SL. We are what we are. And, If you are wondering, where Seinfeld would even FIND a LIghtburn Zeta?
It just so happens that I know where there’s one he can probably rent…
What kind of car would Jerry pick you up in?
Got carried away. The Villiers engine was a vertical twin, not a boxer. But in my head, it sounded good in Jerry’s voice.
The pride of Fenton, MO…..John Voight, DDS’s LeBaron convertible….
I suspect I would be picked up in either a Mopar or a Studebaker. I would hope for a 53 Commander Starliner or a 58 300D. But it would probably be a three speed 62 Lark or 62 Dodge Lancer.
I’ll take the Lancer, JP. I owned one about 15 years ago. Great little car hidden inside a space ship. Those first gen A-bodies always seem more lithe and nimble than their ’63-’66 successors, and I’ve owned both.
I’ve also owned a ’63 Southampton, Principaldan, and loved its handling and comfort, not to mention the dual a/c that made it feel like it had central air.
1962 Imperial Custom Southampton two-door – nuff said.
If he turned up at my door with a 1971 Mach 1 or Boss 351/429?
I wouldn’t turn him down.
Better yet, Jill St John in a Red Mach1…and forget all about Jerry Seinfeld!!!
To my doorstep…Probably a Mercedes 500E
68-69 roadrunner would be fitting. Problem is
I don’t drink coffee lol
He would find out about my Francophile tendencies and and pick me up in a Citroen Ami 6 with reverse slanted rear window. We’d be drinking cafe ole! instead of cafe au lait.
I would be disappointed because I hope he’d come with a ’36 DelaHaye MS 135 just like the one used in “Touchez Pas au Grisbi!”
Now there’s a film. One of my absolute favourites.
You’re getting the concept, Wolfgang… it’s not the car we want. It’s the car they think makes a good show!
When I first saw this series, I thought he would be featuring a different car from his Porsche collection for each episode, but unlike Leno he doesn’t seem to want to leverage this into the public realm.
Two episodes stand out:
Sarah Jessica Parker and the immaculate 1974 Ford Country Squire she had just purchased.
Amy Schumer and the Ferrari Daytona that keeps on breaking down. Given that Seinfeld would probably have his pick of the best examples extant for his series, the reliability of the Daytona is most telling.
Me: Ferrari 250GT Lusso with 71 Buick Estate Wagon as backup.
Lotus 7
Type 14 Elite would be too noisy.
Even though I am a Ford man and he would probably pick me up in a ’64 Galaxie so I could relive all the crap the one I had put me through, I would like a ’55 Imperial Crown limo. I don’t know why, but they are one of my dream cars.
The E23 BMW 7 from the film Nothing but Trouble. My dad had an an ’84 in Silver with blue interior. I loved that car. And always loved the E23 from that film. I’ll even take the 745i from Marked for Death as well.
Gorgeous car, though that was one of the worst films I’ve ever had the misfortune of seeing. It meets a bad end, as I recall.
terrible movie but that car was amazing. Loved the e23.
With a history that skews U.S. domestic and mid-price, I suppose Jerry might……….sorry gotta go, he’s parked out front….
+1, I’ll let him drive my all black ’73 Marquis Brougham 4-door pillared hardtop.
I imagine he might show up in a Torino of some sort or an old F-100.
Congratulation Barry, the photos are really funny.
My favorite episode is the first one, with Ricky Gervais… it was hilarious!!!!!
My choice would be the 429 Boss… but it was taken, so let’s go MOPAR!!!!
I would like to have Jerry pick me in a Mopar also, either a Daytona/Superbird wing car, or a ‘ 68 Barracuda like my father’s 1st car
’57 Ford Fairlane 500 2-door hardtop, or better yet, a Retractable.
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-kids-pre-powerglide-prndl/
Back when I was good looking.
Love that show, one of the funniest on TV – as long as you have Roku and/or can get the Crackle channel. Sometimes on weekends, we binge-watch “Comedians in cars getting coffee” on a Friday or Saturday night.
Jerry can pick me up in a nice, Goldwood yellow 1964 Chevy Impala SS convertible. Yes, some of you know I used to own one in ancient times!
I’d really enjoy going for coffee in a Citroen D series. If one’s not available, we can go big in a 1961-64 Continental.
A black ’57 Chevy Bel Air 2 door hardtop. I used to own one too.
THIS is a 1965 Studebaker. It’s white, and it is shaped like a box. Studebaker didn’t have a lot of money lying around so the 65 model looked just like the 64 model, and the 63 looked like a box too. You get the picture.
They didn’t have enough money to make their own engines, so this one has a 283 Chevy V-8. They also didn’t have enough money to run their American factory so this one was built in Hamilton Canada. That makes it the perfect car for my next guest, because DougD was made in Hamilton too. But he doesn’t look like a box.
(I love CICGC, but I don’t think Jerry is going to call…:) )
Given my history of Panthers, a couple of coupes, and a Lincoln, he’d probably turn up in a Panther-platform Lincoln Coupe.
(Recall that this isn’t necessarily what we’d want him to arrive in, but what would be both appropriate and amusing)
Any cool Curbside Classic would do… just don’t pick me up in the B.O. infested BMW you were hoping someone would steal on your old show….
…wait, I’ve got it: Cosmo Cramer’s ’73 Impala! (lol)
…or a flaming postal van (Oh! The Humanity!)