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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL Update: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, LOTS of them!
Posted on February 24, 2023 | 17 CommentsWhen I wrote my last COAL post in January 2022, let’s just say I had no idea of the sort of year that was in store for my country as […] -
COAL: 2006 Ford Fusion – My Second Favorite
Posted on February 22, 2023 | 22 CommentsIn late 2004 GM sent me on a 3 year assignment in China, bringing the whole family along. We sold our house and our vehicles, and settled into expat life […] -
COAL Introduction: A Personal European Car History Of The Last 40 Years
Posted on February 19, 2023 | 69 CommentsA near impossible task is to fill in the gap that JPC leaves behind. Thank you JPC for many months of excellent COALS! I can only try to aim […] -
COAL: 1946 Willys CJ2A – Chapter 3, Catch & Release
Posted on February 18, 2023 | 7 CommentsPhoto is not my Jeep, but is a reasonable representation. It appears I never took any photo’s. A couple of weeks before the Dodge Rampage tried to kill me, I […] -
COAL: A Tale of Two Tiguans
Posted on February 17, 2023 | 23 CommentsLet’s go back in time, to late 2019. The previous July, I’d bought a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland RWD from Carvana. That was a very pleasant experience, and the […] -
COAL – 2001 Pontiac Montana – Yes, Lemons Come In Red Too
Posted on February 15, 2023 | 39 CommentsThere comes a time in many a growing family’s life when function rules over style and getting a minivan was in order. That was the realization that my wife and […] -
COAL: An Interlude — Part 2
Posted on February 14, 2023 | 21 Comments2014 Kia Soul Plus This isn’t our car, but ours looks identical to it. -
COAL: An Interlude — Part 1
Posted on February 13, 2023 | 23 CommentsIt’s been a while, but I am back! In the intervening two-and-a-half years since I last wrote up a COAL, I’ve made further car purchases…15, if my count is correct. […] -
COAL: Epilogue To A Life Of 30 Cars
Posted on February 12, 2023 | 56 CommentsIt has been a long road from February 1977 and a Lime Gold Galaxie 500 convertible to February 2023 with a Honda Fit and a Kia Sedona. That comes to […] -
COAL: 1982 Dodge Rampage – Chapter 2, My First New Car
Posted on February 11, 2023 | 37 CommentsChrysler’s answer to the Chevrolet El Camino, Ford Ranchero, VW Rabbit and the Suburu Brat. Two doors, two bucket seats, a 2.2 Liter 4 and a 4 speed manual transmission. […] -
COAL Update & Curbside Repair Guide – The Clock Springs Forward On My 1991 Dodge W-150
Posted on February 10, 2023 | 40 CommentsAnyone who has ever owned an elderly vehicle knows there are periodic events that allow opportunity for stretching one’s mind into new territory. Such recently happened with my 1991 Dodge […] -
COAL – 2001 Chevy Malibu – It Was Good Enough For Me
Posted on February 8, 2023 | 41 CommentsIn 2001 my rapidly growing family outgrew the Pontiac Sunfire coupe that had served us faithfully and reliably for 6 years. We had a GMC Jimmy that was about to […] -
COAL: 1998 Honda Civic LX – Chapter 30, Hey Look, I Found Another Car!
Posted on February 5, 2023 | 42 CommentsFrom the start of this COAL series lo those many months ago, something has been bothering me. It was that I have owned 29 cars. Something deep within me […] -
COAL: 1973 Dodge Charger – You Always Remember Your First
Posted on February 4, 2023 | 18 Comments(Welcome our new Saturday COALer, Seth A.) Ely Park, Binghampton, NY just after sunrise on 4-16-1981. My first roll of 35 mm film with my dad’s then 20+ year old […] -
COAL: 1996 GMC Jimmy – I Jump On And Then Fall Off The SUV Bandwagon
Posted on February 1, 2023 | 30 CommentsMy Beretta GTZ had been an enjoyable car but going on 6 years the Quad 4 engine was starting to emit the little telltale wisps of white smoke signaling an […]