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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL Update: Wolfie on Steroids
Posted on February 3, 2022 | 24 CommentsWho doesn’t like a Q-ship? I have always liked a good sleeper and Wolfie (2018 Golf) certainly fulfills that role. Yes, he is not a GTI, but he is a […] -
COAL 1968 Beetle: Climbing the Steep Hill of Used Car Ownership
Posted on February 2, 2022 | 6 CommentsThe idea had been getting through my head, not too quickly, not too slowly. Should I take his word? Does he know what he’s talking about? Money wise it seemed […] -
COAL: When Does The First COAL Count?
Posted on January 30, 2022 | 21 CommentsThere can be different definitions of one’s “first car”. It can be the first one you actually purchased, or maybe it was bought for you. It can be your first […] -
COAL: 2016 Subaru Outback – Aufschnit und Wurst
Posted on January 29, 2022 | 54 CommentsOne of the treasured delicacies of my childhood was kosher German cold cuts – aufschnit. When I was a baby, there were several skilled butchers/charcutiers in Washington Heights left of […] -
KOAL: 1986 Mitsubishi Mirage/Colt – Special Guest Appearance
Posted on January 26, 2022 | 15 CommentsNo, that’s not a typo, for this is not your usual COAL entry, this is indeed a KOAL: Kill Of A Lifetime. Proceed at your peril, you’ve been forewarned. […] -
COAL -1979 Honda Accord Hatchback – Back on Four Wheels
Posted on January 24, 2022 | 17 CommentsIn 1991, I was living in San Francisco and working as a bicycle mechanic, and after selling my Maxima to my brother, I had been carless for over a year. […] -
COAL: 2003 Subaru Legacy L Wagon: The Dowager Queen
Posted on January 22, 2022 | 14 Comments[This installment has been delayed by first, me taking my family out of New York during the blooming of the Omicron wave of the coronavirus pandemic, and then, me coming […] -
COAL 1989 Tercel: Suddenly it’s 1980… in 1987!
Posted on January 19, 2022 | 11 CommentsWe arrived to Puerto Rico in December of 1987, now us being a family of three: mom, little brother and I. After a few days of staying in rather […] -
COAL: 1990 BMW 316i – Sensible German Shoes, But Still Pretty Good Fun.
Posted on January 16, 2022 | 21 CommentsLast week’s post generated some healthy discussion and each of the six contenders had plenty of things in their favour and supporters in their corner, but in the end my […] -
COAL: 1978 Lincoln Continental Town Car – Looking For Reasons For Your Existence When There Is Nothing Else Left.
Posted on January 14, 2022 | 17 CommentsAnd now: the final COAL, so far. It’s a familiar story: someone makes an attempt to go buy a car that they don’t need for all the money they have, […] -
COAL: Hyundai Pony Pickup – A House Divided; Or How Split Partners Push Forward
Posted on January 12, 2022 | 15 CommentsIt was midday, with me and my brother exhausted by the humid heat. It had been a morning of cleaning, painting, hammering; doing all we could to improve the dilapidated […] -
COAL: 1983 Datsun Maxima – Long Life, Sudden End
Posted on January 11, 2022 | 12 CommentsIt was 1988, and I was working as a word processor at a bank in Scotts Valley, California, back when word processor was a job title rather than just a […] -
COAL: My Search for the Next One – Meet the Contenders
Posted on January 9, 2022 | 43 CommentsAs you read in the previous installment, once I sold the E36 the plan really was to be sensible, stick with the everyday cars and cut back spending, since we […] -
COAL: 1994 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon: Dynaride Comfort Leaves The Farm To A New World
Posted on January 6, 2022 | 28 CommentsWhen I graduated high school last June, I decided that maybe if the opportunity presented itself I should reward myself for getting out of the hellhole that school had become. […] -
COAL Datsun F10: Colors and the Perils of Being Number 2
Posted on January 5, 2022 | 34 CommentsColors, much like spices, are a personal choice, adding much needed variety to our lives. And just like spices, colors create a number of reactions not as unrelated as we […]