Car-spotting game

The first to call a particular target either scores points which are tracked over the course of the journey, or they earn the right to lightly punch an opponent.

[4] Volkswagen ran a 2009 advertising campaign calling the game "Punch Dub", with a fictional backstory of its inventor, Sluggy Patterson.

[5] The campaign claimed that the game was started "over 50 years ago", though this is a humorous historical fiction created by the ad agency Deutsch Inc.[6] In 2010, Volkswagen referenced the game in a Super Bowl commercial, with blind musician Stevie Wonder punching comedian Tracy Morgan after "spotting" a red bug.

[10] Padiddle, alternatively spelled pediddle or perdiddle, is a night driving game where players look for vehicles with a single burnt-out headlight or brake light, the word padiddle being a slang term for such a vehicle.

A motorcycle misidentified as a padiddle is a foul that awards the offender's partner a double hit or kiss.

[16] Another variation is yelling “corn on wheels” and hitting the other person in the car, similar to punch buggy.

The Australian car-spotting game that combines "Yellow Car" and "Punch Buggy".

However, the rules may extend to other types of vehicles including motorcycles, vans, trucks and buses etc.

Details and variations are outlined in Spotto: The Great Australian Car Game.

One author suggests similar games with station wagons, convertibles, trucks and buses.