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- slow_joe_crow on Driveway Find: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – Hot Street Machine
- Daniel M. on Bus Stop Classic: 1980 DAF-Schenk-Jonckheere Articulated Coach – The Long Hauler
- Johannes Dutch on Bus Stop Classic: 1980 DAF-Schenk-Jonckheere Articulated Coach – The Long Hauler
- 63bit on Bus Stop Classics: 1950’s/60’s Ludewig Deck and a Half Urban Transit Coach – Popular in Germany, Nonexistent in North America
- Daniel M. on Bus Stop Classic: 1980 DAF-Schenk-Jonckheere Articulated Coach – The Long Hauler
- Daniel M. on Bus Stop Classic: 1980 DAF-Schenk-Jonckheere Articulated Coach – The Long Hauler
- Victor Van Tress on Vintage Review: Road & Track April 1973 – Testing Nine Showroom Stock Sports Cars As SCCA Racers
- Daniel M. on Bus Stop Classics: 1950’s/60’s Ludewig Deck and a Half Urban Transit Coach – Popular in Germany, Nonexistent in North America
- Johannes Dutch on Bus Stop Classic: 1980 DAF-Schenk-Jonckheere Articulated Coach – The Long Hauler
- Dan Berning on Our 1973 Ford LTD – A Special LTD And My Sister
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 2006 Buick Lacrosse CX – Chapter 29, No. Just No.
Posted on January 29, 2023 | 50 CommentsThis is a story about a car that came into my family’s life through the push of a button. It should have pushed all the right buttons for me. But […] -
COAL: 1988 Pontiac Fiero Formula – Always Fun, Never Boring
Posted on January 28, 2023 | 24 CommentsI am not sure the words I type here will do this car the complete justice it deserves. How does one write about something that has been with them […] -
COAL: 2004 Saturn Ion Quad Coupe- Bummerland
Posted on January 27, 2023 | 25 CommentsThere are some musical groups that see you through a difficult time in your life, whose songs you can look back on with bittersweet relief. The last three years, starting […] -
COAL: 1995 Pontiac Sunfire – I “Married” A Sunfire And Came To Love It, Grudgingly
Posted on January 25, 2023 | 20 CommentsMy first years working at GM I was assigned to work on the much maligned J-car Chevrolet Cavalier. But by 1990 it was much improved from when it was originally […] -
COAL: 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 Ecoboost Titanium Wagon
Posted on January 24, 2023 | 24 CommentsAs mentioned in very clear terms in the past installment, the Saab 9-5 had to go and fast. So while putting the Saab up for sale and regularly reducing the […] -
COAL: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Chapter 28, Zoom Zoom
Posted on January 22, 2023 | 44 CommentsLife was a little stale as 2014 turned into 2015. I was finishing up at the office at the end of the day right after the start of the New […] -
COAL: 2011 Ford Escape – “Finding the limit”
Posted on January 21, 2023 | 21 Comments“Never buy a grey car” is what my wise 90-year-old uncle said to me when I told him I purchased a grey Ford Escape, “they are nothing but problems.” […] -
COAL: 1990 Alfa Romeo Spider (S4) – Ch-ch-changes
Posted on January 20, 2023 | 20 CommentsTo begin with, something about myself: After I passed my driving test at 18, I got my first real car some time later: a VW Beetle. The car was about […] -
COAL: 2005 Saab 9-5 2.0t Estate
Posted on January 19, 2023 | 15 CommentsAs mentioned in my previous COAL, I was getting ready to sell the 2009 Mondeo and was considering what to buy. Here are some of my considerations: I wanted something […] -
COAL: 1995 Saturn SW2 – My Brief Fling With The Enemy
Posted on January 18, 2023 | 33 CommentsIt was 1996 and I was the not-so-proud owner of a lumbering GMC Jimmy. That will be the subject of another COAL, but suffice to say that once the new […] -
COAL Update: 1963 Buick Riviera – A Journey Of A Thousand Miles, Etc.
Posted on January 16, 2023 | 61 CommentsWits as diverse as Lao Tzu and Aaron Tippin have long argued that no project is going to start itself, and my new-to-me ’63 Riviera is no exception. As the […] -
COAL: 2012 Kia Sedona – Chapter 27, The Long Hauler
Posted on January 15, 2023 | 58 CommentsLast week I recounted the catastrophic transmission failure of my 1999 Chrysler Town & Country minivan. When I got the bad news (from both the mechanic and from the finance […] -
COAL Update: 2009 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Titanium Wagon – Time To Say Goodbye
Posted on January 14, 2023 | 7 CommentsWhile I really did like the car in many ways, I just never really liked it. I see why I liked it when I bought it on May 8th 2020. […] -
COAL: 1999 Ford Ranger – “My Ford”
Posted on January 14, 2023 | 16 CommentsSometimes life gives us a second chance. I like to think this was my automotive third time is the charm second chance. -
COAL – 1990 Chevrolet Beretta GTZ – Trying Hard To Be A Genuine Sports Coupe
Posted on January 11, 2023 | 21 Commentsphoto by W. Stopford It was June 1990, and I had just graduated from grad school and started my first week as an engineer at General Motors. For someone […]