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COAL: Aladdin’s Cave Edition
Posted on November 9, 2022 | 16 CommentsWe interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to step away from the catalog of cars I’ve owned and jump back a few years, still within the parameters of Cars of […] -
COAL Update: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – “On Duties” (And The New Parts Blues)
Posted on November 7, 2022 | 45 CommentsIn anticipation of a new COAL subject coming soon, I plan to update my fleet adventures of the past year or so. Given the propensity for my mind to wander, […] -
COAL: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – Chapter 17, Heavy The Head That Wears The Crown
Posted on November 6, 2022 | 46 CommentsIn the summer of 1993, my car life was in fine shape: We had the stalwart ’88 Accord sedan and the ’86 Marquis Wagon (the smaller one, like a Fairmont) […] -
COCAC (Company Owned Car Of A Career) 66,092 Mile Update: 2018 Chevrolet Impala – Hitting The Target?
Posted on November 5, 2022 | 28 Comments(Despite my COAL series being over, there was a little more left to skim off the mine. It seems appropriate to run this on the heels of that series. JS) […] -
COAL: 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT – The “Loophole”
Posted on November 5, 2022 | 19 Comments(A warm welcome to our newest COAL writer) Greetings! I am excited to be the newest contributor to this series. I have always dreamed of sharing my personal car stories […] -
COAL: 1992 Ford Aerostar – Intimations of Mortality
Posted on November 2, 2022 | 34 CommentsAnd so, dear reader, in our last installment our Plymouth Reliant wagon was nearing the the end of its useful life. A blown head gasket, accompanied by billows of […] -
COAL Update: 1953 Buick Special – Catlike, But Not In That Way
Posted on October 31, 2022 | 51 CommentsIn anticipation of a new COAL subject coming soon, I plan to update my fleet adventures of the past year or so. Given the propensity for my mind to wander, […] -
COAL: 1986 Mercury Marquis Wagon – Chapter 16, No Not That Marquis, The Smaller One. Like A Fairmont
Posted on October 30, 2022 | 69 CommentsIn a short 18 months or so, I had gone from piloting a land yacht (’66 Fury III) to having a blast in a go kart (’83 Colt) to needing […] -
COAL: 1991 Dodge Power Ram 150 – One Life To Live
Posted on October 29, 2022 | 63 CommentsAt a point in the midst of their lives, some people will spend an inordinate amount of money on some shiny, youthful automotive bauble. It seems the intent is to […] -
COAL: 1984 Plymouth Reliant Wagon – I’m Sorry, What Was The Question?
Posted on October 26, 2022 | 45 CommentsAlert readers may notice that the above photo is not, in fact, a 1984 Plymouth Reliant wagon. I confess that I’m fully aware of the difference between a […] -
COAL: 2005 Pontiac Vibe – A Conditional Love.
Posted on October 23, 2022 | 91 Comments(first posted 9/4/2016) 2005 Pontiac Vibe.In 2013 it became obvious that the minivan era is over for our family. The boys have their own wheels and one of them has […] -
COAL: 1983 Plymouth Colt – Chapter 15, Keep It In The Family
Posted on October 23, 2022 | 54 CommentsI had just spent four years in automotive daily-driver-almost-nirvana with my 1966 Plymouth Fury III. Those years, 1987-91 were four of my most satisfying years of automotive ownership. But you […] -
COAL: 2014 Volkswagen Passat – Days of our Lives
Posted on October 22, 2022 | 52 CommentsIn this COAL series, we have covered a lot of ground. This installment is about the VW Passat we still own and this the next to last chapter of this […] -
COAL: 1981 Toyota Starlet – ‘A’ or ‘B’ List?
Posted on October 19, 2022 | 44 CommentsSeriously? A Toyota? Is this what the world had come to? To recap our story up to this point, my odd European automobile predilection had reached a breaking point…the Lancia […] -
COAL: 2003 Ford Windstar SEL – A Hint Of Luxury; More Than A Hint Of Issues
Posted on October 16, 2022 | 66 Comments(first posted 8/27/2016) I grew tired of our aging Ford Aerostar XLT and began searching for a replacement in earnest during the summer of 2005. For practical purposes it had […]