John Hearns writes:

Maybe this should be a new thread. I think non-cyclists view bicycles
as all interchangeable.
Maybe non-drivers see cars that way too!

Even drivers can - our first car I only could recognise when it had the
roofbars and the kayaks on. With a later car in a rather anonymous shape
and colour I usually checked the numberplate to make sure.

Is there a word to describe a sort of car dyslexia?

Roos