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We were driving a Philly Car Share car earlier today and happened to glance up at the visor when we parked the car. And then we took a picture. Do you see what we saw?
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"We were driving a Philly Car Share car earlier today, and happened to glance up at the visor when we parked the car."
I see what you saw, but I also noticed a misuse of the comma. If these are independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction, then you need a subject in the second clause. If not, you need to lose the comma.
I was actually using the comma intentionally—I'm fond of them, stylistically (it's all those damned poetry classes)—but you are absolutely correct, and the sentence reads fine without it, so I'm removing it. Thanks!