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- la673 on Junkyard Classic: 1993 Eagle Summit DL Wagon – Soaring No More
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- Johannes Dutch on Car Show Outtake: 1993 Ford Scorpio 2.9i 24v Ghia – When Brougham Met Cosworth
- Jeff Sun on Remembering Author Henry Gregor Felsen (1916-1995) – The Granddaddy Of Hot Rodding Novels
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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 2016 Lincoln MKZ Reserve – Feeling Frisky
Posted on November 10, 2023 | 23 CommentsYou couldn’t have told me that I would be a Lincoln man when I first started driving. Having owned cars from each of the GM brands prior to 2009, that’s […] -
COAL 18: 2011 Ford Fiesta – The Anti Expedition
Posted on November 8, 2023 | 18 CommentsWhen we found out that my wife was going to be attending summer school in the hot Okanagan Valley and commuting every day neither the ventilation-challenged Civic nor the fuel […] -
COAL #3: Mother’s First Car – The Bow-Tie Bel Air
Posted on November 5, 2023 | 12 CommentsWhen our family moved to northern NJ, Mom needed a car of her own for the first time in her life, as she had commuted to her previous NYC […] -
COAL: 2010 Range Rover Supercharged – 510 HP of Glory
Posted on November 4, 2023 | 27 Comments -
COAL 17: 1999 Ford Expedition – Plus Doing My Bit for the Environment
Posted on November 1, 2023 | 13 CommentsWhen I see someone rolling in a 460 cubic inch Lincoln Town Car I heartily approve, though I wonder why they didn’t just quit fooling around and go for the […] -
COAL #2: The ’58 Plymouth Suburban 2-Door Wagon
Posted on October 29, 2023 | 17 CommentsAs the 1958 Plymouth Suburban has been well-covered at CC by Kevin Martin here in 2020 and by Steve Crutchfield here more recently, I won’t try to duplicate their fine […] -
COAL: 2013 Audi A8 L 4.0T Quattro – A Teutonic Chariot
Posted on October 28, 2023 | 31 CommentsA history of the A8 Audi has had an interesting journey in becoming the credible luxury brand that it is today. Its first foray into the vaunted large-format flagship sedan […] -
COAL 16: 1992 Ford Explorer – And a Seismic Shift or Two
Posted on October 25, 2023 | 25 CommentsMy family of 5 growing up could go to town in our VW Bug if need be, when the Valiant was unavailable. But there were no enormous backwards facing car […] -
COAL #1: The ’51 DeSoto
Posted on October 22, 2023 | 8 CommentsThe first family car I remember was our ’51 DeSoto. As far as I can tell, the ’51 hasn’t yet had its day in the CC sun, perhaps not […] -
COAL: 2022 Mazda CX-5 2.5 S Carbon Edition – For Mom
Posted on October 21, 2023 | 22 CommentsIn a previous COAL, I spoke about how the 2014 Kia Soul Plus—that my grandmother bought new and that my sister inherited—succumbed to the Hyundai/Kia 2.0-liter engine defect and threw […] -
COAL 14: 1998 F-150 XL 4X4 – The White Truck
Posted on October 18, 2023 | 31 CommentsI sure liked the Toyota T-100 and Tacoma and on my way to Vancouver to go truck shopping that’s what I envisaged driving home in. Economics and financing being what […] -
COAL Intro: First Nuggets Of COAL
Posted on October 15, 2023 | 21 Comments(Please welcome our newest Sunday COALer) According to my parents, my first spoken word was “Buick”, in spite of the fact that my family never owned that make of […] -
COAL: 2000 BMW 528i M Sport 5MT – A Bona-Fide Hooptie
Posted on October 14, 2023 | 17 CommentsAt some point in 2021, my good friend Nolan posted his newly acquired 2000 528i in a group we’re both a part of. He’d just bought it from a woman […] -
COAL: The Pink 1958 Buick And I – Brand New For 1958; A Lifetime Of Buicks
Posted on October 13, 2023 | 33 CommentsText and photos submitted by Ted Mathis. A recent discovery of 35mm slides my father took stretching back over 70 years ago has provided our family with priceless memories of […] -
COAL 14: 1993 Honda Civic LX – Plus a Few Flying Machines.
Posted on October 11, 2023 | 20 CommentsOne of the problems with rural living is that you really end up putting miles on a vehicle far in excess of what you do with more urban living. We […]