Agreed.
I haven't had compliments recently -- but some of my favorites have been from fast-food drive-up windows...
"Whoa, nice ride.", or "Is it amphibious?"..
My favorite was at a strip mall -- heading towards my VX and seeing some people with a Lexus parked near it from Mexico (I live near the border in S. Texas)...
Alas, in Spanish they asked .. "This is a very nice SUV, how much was it?" and I replied.. "A lot of pesos."