What's The Best Sight You’ve Seen From Your Car?

Photo: Amber DaSilva / Jalopnik

The greatest thing about a car is that it can take you anywhere. So often, though, we just use them to get to boring destinations — home, work, non-Wegmans grocery stores. Today, we want to honor those special occasions, the times you get to see something truly great through that windshield.

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I’ve seen plenty of neat sights from the seats of cars: The Pacific ocean spreading out endlessly from the California canyons, the gorgeous snow of near-arctic Sweden, the trails of Catalina Island. My favorite view, though, isn’t one from the seat of a car — it’s from the seat of a bike.

Photo: Amber DaSilva / Jalopnik

Out in Brooklyn, there’s a great little park that’s incredibly frustrating to access with anything other than a car — or a motorcycle. It’s on the western side of the borough, meaning you can watch beautiful sunsets over the water right from the park.

I love to ride out there at the end of the day, occasionally with a dinner on my bike, and just recline on the BMW as the sun slowly dips into the water. It may not be the most breathtaking view in the world — though the Statue of Liberty standing over the water ain’t nothing — but it’s one I can see reliably and comfortably.

That’s my favorite automotive view, but what’s yours? Leave your comments below — bonus points for adding a photo of your own — and we’ll collect our favorites later in the week.