- “Well, the damn thing did seduce me. All red and sporty.”
- ―Rupert Giles[src]
2SAQ321 was the Californian license plate of Rupert Giles' red car.[1]
History[]
Giles bought this car in late 2000[2] to replace his old 1963 Citroën DS of license plate 2GPU947, which Spike had crashed while distracting the Initiative from Giles in Fyarl demon form.[3] Giles described the new car as having seduced him, "all red and sporty," but he was not used to its automatic transmission.[2]
Giles used this car to drive Buffy and Dawn from their home to the Magic Box. In Maple Court, he showed off his new car to Willow and Tara, who praised the model.[2] Giles drove it to pursue the spawn of Sobek with Buffy.[4] In Giles' absence, Anya drove his car from the Magic Box to the Bronze, despite having never driven before.[5] Giles also used this car to take Buffy to a nearby desert so the Slayer would perform a Vision Quest.[1]
During a spell that made them all amnesic, Spike guessed that Giles' car was a "classic midlife-crisis transport; something red, shiny, shaped like a penis."[6]
Behind the scenes[]
- The car was a 1987 BMW 325i convertible.
- The California Department of Motor Vehicles does not use I, O, or Q as the first or third letters, so "2SAQ321" is a common fictional license plate in films and television series.
Appearances[]
- "Real Me"
- "Shadow"
- "Triangle"
- "Intervention"
- "Tabula Rasa" (Only mentioned)