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Curbside Classics Archives
QOTD Archive
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![This year, our summer travel to visit family took us to Iowa where my uncle and cousin have homes. My uncle grew up in the same house he currently lives […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/hubcaps1-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Quiz: Castoffs From The Peak Hubcap Era – Can You ID Them All?")
Curbside Quiz: Castoffs From The Peak Hubcap Era – Can You ID Them All?
Posted on July 31, 2024 | 24 CommentsThis year, our summer travel to visit family took us to Iowa where my uncle and cousin have homes. My uncle grew up in the same house he currently lives […] -
![CC readers know the storied history of Jeep. Born in the lead-up to war by Willys-Overland, bought by Kaiser in 1953, then sold to AMC in 1969, moving to Chrysler […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1985-jeep-cj-7-renegade.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC’s Best of 2024: Curbside Classic Commentary/QOTD: Will Stellantis Be The Company That Kills Jeep?")
CC’s Best of 2024: Curbside Classic Commentary/QOTD: Will Stellantis Be The Company That Kills Jeep?
Posted on July 6, 2024 | 78 CommentsCC readers know the storied history of Jeep. Born in the lead-up to war by Willys-Overland, bought by Kaiser in 1953, then sold to AMC in 1969, moving to Chrysler […] -
![The other day, having learned that I probably should replace the front wipers on the Highlander, I went to one of the local auto parts stores that starts with the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/A9A8C410-4538-4BD2-AC2D-7C9D5BBE95D8_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD – What Auto-Related Parts or Supplies Have Become Crazy Expensive As of Late?")
QOTD – What Auto-Related Parts or Supplies Have Become Crazy Expensive As of Late?
Posted on June 5, 2024 | 83 CommentsThe other day, having learned that I probably should replace the front wipers on the Highlander, I went to one of the local auto parts stores that starts with the […] -
What’s This Tesla Cybertruck Doing At The Gas Pumps?
Posted on June 1, 2024 | 22 Comments -
![Text by Staxman I’m in the market for a car (specifically an 8th- or 9th-generation Honda Civic) for the first time since the pandemic, and obviously the landscape has changed. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/379.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: How Do You Find A Good Used Car These Days?")
QOTD: How Do You Find A Good Used Car These Days?
Posted on May 28, 2024 | 39 CommentsText by Staxman I’m in the market for a car (specifically an 8th- or 9th-generation Honda Civic) for the first time since the pandemic, and obviously the landscape has changed. […] -
![Richard Teague was responsible for a number of attractive automotive shapes. The best to reach production was the Hornet. Super minimalist, long hood and tight tail, coiled-fist boxy, flares you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AMC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: A, M or C?")
QOTD: A, M or C?
Posted on May 6, 2024 | 46 CommentsRichard Teague was responsible for a number of attractive automotive shapes. The best to reach production was the Hornet. Super minimalist, long hood and tight tail, coiled-fist boxy, flares you […] -
![In what looks like an arty attempt at double exposure, the old Chevy above appears to levitate above its tires. But I’m not that talented. This weird image was taken […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Chevy-Truck-Ghost-rotated.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake & QOTD: Ghost in the Machine or I-Phone Ectoplasm?")
CC Outtake & QOTD: Ghost in the Machine or I-Phone Ectoplasm?
Posted on February 26, 2024 | 11 CommentsIn what looks like an arty attempt at double exposure, the old Chevy above appears to levitate above its tires. But I’m not that talented. This weird image was taken […] -
![I found this on the side of a forest road this fall. I have to assume someone hauled it here to dump it; presumably it wasn’t worth their time and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_1652-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Who Can Identify This Trailside Classic?")
QOTD: Who Can Identify This Trailside Classic?
Posted on January 29, 2024 | 31 CommentsI found this on the side of a forest road this fall. I have to assume someone hauled it here to dump it; presumably it wasn’t worth their time and […] -
![Over the past few years, there has been some writing on the wall that the internal combustion engine, or ICE, is living on borrowed time. Regulations in Europe and California […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_0346.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Question of the Day: Are we at Peak ICE (Internal Combustion Engine)?")
Curbside Classic Question of the Day: Are we at Peak ICE (Internal Combustion Engine)?
Posted on January 6, 2024 | 99 CommentsOver the past few years, there has been some writing on the wall that the internal combustion engine, or ICE, is living on borrowed time. Regulations in Europe and California […] -
![Growing up, I was part of a “no-car” family. My parents were older and had both experienced the Great Depression, and as a result, if public transportation was available, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1593292506_phpyUKDdc-1.jpg.full_-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside QOTD: What Was Your First Memory of Riding in a Brand New, Off–the-Showroom-floor Car?")
Curbside QOTD: What Was Your First Memory of Riding in a Brand New, Off–the-Showroom-floor Car?
Posted on December 9, 2023 | 58 CommentsGrowing up, I was part of a “no-car” family. My parents were older and had both experienced the Great Depression, and as a result, if public transportation was available, […] -
![The easy question would be: Do You Love Or Hate The Cybertruck? But we’re too high-minded to succumb to that; right? So how about we consider the CT in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cybertruck-debut-3.jpg.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Is The Tesla Cybertruck The Most Radically Different Mass Production Vehicle Design Ever? If Not, What Was?")
QOTD: Is The Tesla Cybertruck The Most Radically Different Mass Production Vehicle Design Ever? If Not, What Was?
Posted on December 8, 2023 | 107 CommentsThe easy question would be: Do You Love Or Hate The Cybertruck? But we’re too high-minded to succumb to that; right? So how about we consider the CT in […] -
![Maybe it’s just me, but the global mood seems pretty heavy nowadays. Adding to that, increasingly we may be finding that the Internet is simply no longer fun anymore. Heaven […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/snaab.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD – Vanity Plates and Car Stickers – Seen Anything Recently to Make You Smile Or Head Scratch?")
QOTD – Vanity Plates and Car Stickers – Seen Anything Recently to Make You Smile Or Head Scratch?
Posted on October 27, 2023 | 78 CommentsMaybe it’s just me, but the global mood seems pretty heavy nowadays. Adding to that, increasingly we may be finding that the Internet is simply no longer fun anymore. Heaven […] -
![I spend a lot of my spare time working on cars for my own enjoyment, and also because I could never own a large fleet of cars if I didn’t […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PXL_20230803_125650404a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Capsule/QOTD: Is There An Engineering Decision You Don’t Understand? (1974 Firebird Content)")
COAL Capsule/QOTD: Is There An Engineering Decision You Don’t Understand? (1974 Firebird Content)
Posted on September 6, 2023 | 81 CommentsI spend a lot of my spare time working on cars for my own enjoyment, and also because I could never own a large fleet of cars if I didn’t […] -
![The inevitable process has begun. Tortuous, protracted, and ripe for being done differently, we have began car shopping. We’ve been putting it off, and will likely drag our feet for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/car-shopping.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Brand Have You Driven The Most?")
QOTD: What Brand Have You Driven The Most?
Posted on August 23, 2023 | 105 CommentsThe inevitable process has begun. Tortuous, protracted, and ripe for being done differently, we have began car shopping. We’ve been putting it off, and will likely drag our feet for […] -
![It’s coming up that time. Time to get the state inspection sticker. In my driving year, this is pretty much the time when my car is most in jeopardy of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sticker.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD – No Sticker for YOU! Any Good Annual Vehicle Inspection Stories?")
QOTD – No Sticker for YOU! Any Good Annual Vehicle Inspection Stories?
Posted on August 18, 2023 | 92 CommentsIt’s coming up that time. Time to get the state inspection sticker. In my driving year, this is pretty much the time when my car is most in jeopardy of […]
