- Website
- http://betterbeaters.blogspot.com/
- Description
- Lifetime SF Bay Area resident. Been messing around with bikes and cars for 45 years. Still doing it and having fun. I like to find the affordable but interesting cars to have fun with. I prefer to drive not idolize my cars. I started a blog a couple of years ago. I can say that I'm learning more and my writing and posting skills are improving .
![Motorcycles had always been important to me, and I used them as basic transportation. I rode them to work, on various errands, as well as pleasure riding. My Father […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1971_honda_350_sl_16079968868644dbfdIMG_1650-1.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Cycle Of A Lifetime: Two Honda Twins and a Knucklehead")
![When I saw the new 2005 Ford Mustang, I thought this was the best looking Mustang since the late 1960s. I had owned a ’66 Mustang and as I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2007_ford_mustang-pic-6370457024151822710-1024x768-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #14: ’07 Ford Mustang – A New Classic Version Of America’s Car.")
![In 2007, Ford advertising adopted the theme: Bold Moves. Their truck ads featured stories of buyers who used their new trucks to make real changes in their lives. Like […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20170602_103626-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL#13: 2007 Ford F150 – Bold Moves")
![As I mentioned in my last post, this time I was looking for a fancy minivan! While I wouldn’t have considered a Chrysler in the same league as a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/7beefdb5673e45a0aa7ebe26ca1e9051_hrs.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #12: 1997 Chrysler Town and Country LXI")
![This was my second dream car. It raised the question; “Can a dream car really serve as a family car?” I hadn’t thought too much about Cadillacs for quite a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/wpid-96_cadillac_seville_sts-2011-04-5-22-12.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #11: ’94 Cadillac Seville STS – Can A Dream Car Serve As A Family Car?")
![This was another one of the few cars that we bought new. In many ways, it was my favorite of all the cars that I have ever owned. It was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rGNdQkgK-EAA62-ga9w-edit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #10: ’90 Honda Civic SI")
![While the Cougar wasn’t the worst family car, the birth of our son made it clear that something bigger was needed. We were already a family of three, our daughter […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/caravan-hero.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #9: ’90 Dodge Caravan")
![My new job was in Downtown Los Angeles, we lived approximately twenty miles east in Whittier. My work commute usually took a half hour when traffic was light and we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GA9355.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #8: ’84 Mercury Cougar")
![My first Dream Car, a 1977 Coupe de Ville. The ’57 had served me well. I was approaching my college graduation. Finally, after seven years of part time attendance. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1977_cadillac_deville_1577067640f66e7dff9f98764daIMG_8396-e1578036757618.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #7: 1977 Cadillac Coupe de Ville – The Things That Dreams Are Made Of")
![The quest for another vintage Cadillac started again. I had found a ’58 Coupe de Ville on a used car lot in San Leandro, that looked like a good […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1957-cadillac-coupe-deville-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #6: 1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville")
![Come on, it’s a joke! I was a psych major. After the passing of the ’66 Lincoln, I entered a latency period in regards to my automotive affections. I maintained […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-3.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL # NONE: The Latency Period (Motorcycles Part One)")
![Father bought a ’63 Lincoln in 1967 when I was in 7th. grade. He kept the car until I graduated from high school in ’73. It was powder blue […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ln1963continental14985692_600.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #3: 1966 Lincoln Sedan – Lessons My Lincoln Taught Me")
