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Editorial Archive
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Curbside Musings: 1976 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray – Suddenly Last Summer
Posted on January 9, 2024 | 40 Comments“One summer never ends, one summer never beganIt keeps me standing still, it takes all my willAnd then suddenly, last summer” – Martha Davis, 1983 I was a Motels fan […] -
Curbside Musings: A Cluster Of (Alfa Romeo) Spiders, Part 2 – Just Chop It
Posted on January 2, 2024 | 26 CommentsI haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions for some time. It’s not that I don’t believe in doing so, or that I don’t find value in the accountability that often […] -
Curbside Musings: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe – Treasure
Posted on December 19, 2023 | 55 CommentsA couple of years ago, I had stumbled across these pictures of a ’79 Town Coupe I had taken back in the fall of 2016, coincidentally on the same day […] -
Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Ford Mustang LX 5.0L – Contact Lenses
Posted on December 12, 2023 | 49 CommentsEverybody in my family of origin wears glasses. When I was a young kid, I had thought that getting specs was a rite of passage into the world of grownups. […] -
Curbside Musings: 1973 Ford Galaxie 500 – Extra Butter, On Everything
Posted on December 5, 2023 | 62 CommentsAs the December holidays approach, I’m reminded of my grandparents’ farm in northwestern Ohio, which is where my mother had spent most of her childhood. The Dennis family would travel […] -
Curbside Musings: 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP – The End Of Daylight Savings
Posted on November 28, 2023 | 43 CommentsMerriam-Webster defines the summer solstice as the point in the sky occupied by the sun on or about June 22nd when summer begins in the northern hemisphere. On the longest […] -
Curbside Editorial: 2025 Camry Debut – Prepare To Welcome Your Hybrid Overlords
Posted on November 23, 2023 | 59 CommentsBig news! The 2025 Camry is here. Yes, hold onto your hats, CCers, it’s practically the dawning of a new age because while geologic history is measured in epochs, the […] -
Curbside Musings: 2010 Mazda RX-8 – An Interview With Son Of RX-7
Posted on November 21, 2023 | 18 CommentsInterviewer, to audience: “Ladies and gentlemen, we have with us today an L2 rotary engine-powered 2010 Mazda RX-8. Production of this model began in 2003 in Hiroshima, Japan, so this […] -
Curbside Musings: 1990 Buick Park Avenue Ultra – Small Footprint, Big Luxury
Posted on November 14, 2023 | 71 CommentsEarlier this year, I did one of the most adult things I’ve ever done and I paid off my mortgage. Lest anyone take this as a so-called “humble brag”, it […] -
Curbside Musings: c. 1989 Ford Taurus – On Peaking Early
Posted on November 7, 2023 | 28 CommentsA few weeks ago, I had returned from a thirty-six hour trek back to Flint for the annual celebration of a combination of Friendsgiving and Halloween with friends. It’s absolutely […] -
Curbside Musings: 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – Ups & Downs
Posted on October 31, 2023 | 28 CommentsAs I sit down to write this, it has been exactly one week since I had taken these pictures on the first full day of my annual Las Vegas trip […] -
Curbside Musings: 1991 Buick LeSabre Limited – Middle Age
Posted on October 24, 2023 | 43 CommentsMost days, I honestly don’t feel like I’m in my late forties. I’m reminded of this, of course, when something on my body pops or snaps, say, when I’m getting […] -
Curbside Musings: 1984 Cadillac Seville – Raspberry Torte (Or Tort)
Posted on October 17, 2023 | 57 CommentsFor the past several years, the arrival of fall has meant that the Food Network returns to regular rotation among my favorite cable channels, with all of their seasonal baking […] -
Curbside Musings: 1979 Plymouth Volaré Road Runner – Potential
Posted on October 10, 2023 | 50 Comments(This marks new entry No. 500 for me here at Curbside Classic.) I had written an essay in high school about my dislike of the word “potential”. This word was […] -
Curbside Musings: 1995 Mercury Tracer – Quit Copying Me!
Posted on October 3, 2023 | 46 CommentsI remember being both relieved and intrigued when the Mercury Tracer was introduced for ’87 to replace the Lynx. It looked suspiciously like a Mazda 323, which made sense, since […]