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![This is a story about a car that came into my family’s life through the push of a button. It should have pushed all the right buttons for me. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2006-Buick-Lacrosse-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2006 Buick Lacrosse CX – Chapter 29, No. Just No.")
COAL: 2006 Buick Lacrosse CX – Chapter 29, No. Just No.
Posted on January 29, 2023 | 50 CommentsThis is a story about a car that came into my family’s life through the push of a button. It should have pushed all the right buttons for me. But […] -
![(first posted 4/30/2013) The 1970s was the decade of pop psychology. How could anyone alive during that time forget the phenomena of I’m OK, You’re OK and Jonathan Livingston Seagull? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1970AMCHornet04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 AMC Hornet – Today Is The First Day of the Rest Of Your Life")
Curbside Classic: 1970 AMC Hornet – Today Is The First Day of the Rest Of Your Life
Posted on January 26, 2023 | 121 Comments(first posted 4/30/2013) The 1970s was the decade of pop psychology. How could anyone alive during that time forget the phenomena of I’m OK, You’re OK and Jonathan Livingston Seagull? […] -
![Life was a little stale as 2014 turned into 2015. I was finishing up at the office at the end of the day right after the start of the New […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1997-Miata-10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Chapter 28, Zoom Zoom")
COAL: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Chapter 28, Zoom Zoom
Posted on January 22, 2023 | 44 CommentsLife was a little stale as 2014 turned into 2015. I was finishing up at the office at the end of the day right after the start of the New […] -
![(first posted 8/8/2012) Sometimes history really does repeat itself. Consider the Fairmont Futura: Both the car (in concept) and the name had been in showrooms before. Both times, it had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1980FordFairmontFutura06-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Ford Fairmont Futura – Back to the Futura")
Curbside Classic: 1980 Ford Fairmont Futura – Back to the Futura
Posted on January 21, 2023 | 131 Comments(first posted 8/8/2012) Sometimes history really does repeat itself. Consider the Fairmont Futura: Both the car (in concept) and the name had been in showrooms before. Both times, it had […] -
![Last week I recounted the catastrophic transmission failure of my 1999 Chrysler Town & Country minivan. When I got the bad news (from both the mechanic and from the finance […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2012-Kia-Sedona-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2012 Kia Sedona – Chapter 27, The Long Hauler")
COAL: 2012 Kia Sedona – Chapter 27, The Long Hauler
Posted on January 15, 2023 | 58 CommentsLast week I recounted the catastrophic transmission failure of my 1999 Chrysler Town & Country minivan. When I got the bad news (from both the mechanic and from the finance […] -
![For the second time in my life, a car I had become quite fond of was taken out by the combination of a careless driver and an insurance company. My […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1999-Chrysler-TC-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1999 Chrysler Town & Country LX – Chapter 26, The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times")
COAL: 1999 Chrysler Town & Country LX – Chapter 26, The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times
Posted on January 8, 2023 | 73 CommentsFor the second time in my life, a car I had become quite fond of was taken out by the combination of a careless driver and an insurance company. My […] -
![Last week’s tale began with two drivers in our household and ended sixteen years later with two drivers. Between that time there was a lot of activity around here, which […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1996-Odyssey-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Honda Odyssey – Chapter 25, What Is Not A Miata Or A Town Car for $500, Alex")
COAL: 1996 Honda Odyssey – Chapter 25, What Is Not A Miata Or A Town Car for $500, Alex
Posted on January 1, 2023 | 44 CommentsLast week’s tale began with two drivers in our household and ended sixteen years later with two drivers. Between that time there was a lot of activity around here, which […] -
![It was the summer of 2006 and we had a car-problem. We had two aging Fords with V8 engines and gasoline had cracked $4 a gallon. Several months earlier we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2007HondaFit02-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2007 Honda Fit Sport – Chapter 24, And Now For Something Completely Different")
COAL: 2007 Honda Fit Sport – Chapter 24, And Now For Something Completely Different
Posted on December 25, 2022 | 66 CommentsIt was the summer of 2006 and we had a car-problem. We had two aging Fords with V8 engines and gasoline had cracked $4 a gallon. Several months earlier we […] -
![“I won a car!” That was what my mother was saying over and over on the phone when she called me one day in the spring of 2005. An […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1993-Crown-Vic-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1993 Ford Crown Victoria LX – Chapter 23, Full Utilization")
COAL: 1993 Ford Crown Victoria LX – Chapter 23, Full Utilization
Posted on December 18, 2022 | 37 Comments“I won a car!” That was what my mother was saying over and over on the phone when she called me one day in the spring of 2005. An […] -
![In the early fall of 2001, I had spent about 4 years driving what had felt like someone else’s car – the 1984 Olds Ninety-Eight Regency coupe. Life was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/89MyCadillac7-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1989 Cadillac Brougham – Chapter 22, Back In A Big Old Cadillac")
COAL: 1989 Cadillac Brougham – Chapter 22, Back In A Big Old Cadillac
Posted on December 11, 2022 | 53 CommentsIn the early fall of 2001, I had spent about 4 years driving what had felt like someone else’s car – the 1984 Olds Ninety-Eight Regency coupe. Life was […] -
![After getting a stupid idea and a 2 door Buick out of my system, I was as happy as I had ever been with a pair of cars – the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1984-Olds-98-02a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – Chapter 21, Somebody Else’s Car")
COAL: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – Chapter 21, Somebody Else’s Car
Posted on December 4, 2022 | 47 CommentsAfter getting a stupid idea and a 2 door Buick out of my system, I was as happy as I had ever been with a pair of cars – the […] -
![This begins a really odd chapter in my car ownership experience. Or maybe we should say “another” really odd chapter. It began with a harebrained idea. You know the kind […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1985-Buick-LeSabre-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1985 Buick LeSabre Limited – Chapter 20, It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time")
COAL: 1985 Buick LeSabre Limited – Chapter 20, It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Posted on November 27, 2022 | 50 CommentsThis begins a really odd chapter in my car ownership experience. Or maybe we should say “another” really odd chapter. It began with a harebrained idea. You know the kind […] -
![(first posted 11/16/2016) As a car-crazed kid growing up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I was always envious of other people who came from “car towns”. Detroit was, of course, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1976InternationalScout05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 International Scout Terra – The Hometown Truck")
Curbside Classic: 1976 International Scout Terra – The Hometown Truck
Posted on November 24, 2022 | 79 Comments(first posted 11/16/2016) As a car-crazed kid growing up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I was always envious of other people who came from “car towns”. Detroit was, of course, the […] -
![I had married a 1988 Honda Accord (and the girl it brought with it). That Honda had been rock solid in its role as Car No. 1 for our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1968Newport02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1968 Chrysler Newport Custom – Chapter 19, One More Drink From The Well")
COAL: 1968 Chrysler Newport Custom – Chapter 19, One More Drink From The Well
Posted on November 20, 2022 | 50 CommentsI had married a 1988 Honda Accord (and the girl it brought with it). That Honda had been rock solid in its role as Car No. 1 for our […] -
![Because each chapter has been published in the order the cars came into my life, it may have been difficult to keep track of their comings and goings, so let’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1994-Club-Wagon-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1994 Ford Club Wagon Chateau – Chapter 18, Let’s Go Clubbing")
COAL: 1994 Ford Club Wagon Chateau – Chapter 18, Let’s Go Clubbing
Posted on November 13, 2022 | 26 CommentsBecause each chapter has been published in the order the cars came into my life, it may have been difficult to keep track of their comings and goings, so let’s […]
