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Curbside Classics Archives
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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![There 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/images.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL – 2001 Pontiac Montana – Yes, Lemons Come In Red Too")
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. -
![It’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. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_2803.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: An Interlude — Part 1")
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. […] -
![It 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Galaxie-Fleetwood-Fit-Sedona.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Epilogue To A Life Of 30 Cars")
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 […] -
![Chrysler’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. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1982-Rampage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1982 Dodge Rampage – Chapter 2, My First New Car")
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. […] -
![Anyone 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_0499.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update & Curbside Repair Guide – The Clock Springs Forward On My 1991 Dodge W-150")
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 […] -
![In 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Malibu-3-4-front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL – 2001 Chevy Malibu – It Was Good Enough For Me")
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 […] -
![From 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1998-Honda-Civic-07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1998 Honda Civic LX – Chapter 30, Hey Look, I Found Another Car!")
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 […] -
![(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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1973-Charger.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1973 Dodge Charger – You Always Remember Your First")
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 […] -
![My 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/647201e7-184b-4d1d-9a62-cdd5850e1403.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 GMC Jimmy – I Jump On And Then Fall Off The SUV Bandwagon")
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 […] -
![This 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2006-Buick-Lacrosse-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2006 Buick Lacrosse CX – Chapter 29, No. Just No.")
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 […] -
![I 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_1161.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1988 Pontiac Fiero Formula – Always Fun, Never Boring")
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 […] -
![There 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20230115_122206951_3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2004 Saturn Ion Quad Coupe- Bummerland")
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 […] -
![My 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Sunfire-1.heic?ssl=1 "COAL: 1995 Pontiac Sunfire – I “Married” A Sunfire And Came To Love It, Grudgingly")
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 […] -
![As 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20220707_173347.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 Ecoboost Titanium Wagon")
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 […]
