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Curbside Classics Archives
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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![No, 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. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-16-at-11.12.24-PM-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "KOAL: 1986 Mitsubishi Mirage/Colt – Special Guest Appearance")
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. […] -
![In 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. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/accd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL -1979 Honda Accord Hatchback – Back on Four Wheels")
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. […] -
![[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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/artyblackandwhite2013car.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2003 Subaru Legacy L Wagon: The Dowager Queen")
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 […] -
![We 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Scan-211203-0001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL 1989 Tercel: Suddenly it’s 1980… in 1987!")
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 […] -
![Last 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Lead.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1990 BMW 316i – Sensible German Shoes, But Still Pretty Good Fun.")
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 […] -
![And 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, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20210909_144713.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1978 Lincoln Continental Town Car – Looking For Reasons For Your Existence When There Is Nothing Else Left.")
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, […] -
![It 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pnnny.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Hyundai Pony Pickup – A House Divided; Or How Split Partners Push Forward")
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 […] -
![It 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mxxx.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 Datsun Maxima – Long Life, Sudden End")
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 […] -
![As 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-07-at-2.35.20-PM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: My Search for the Next One – Meet the Contenders")
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 […] -
![When 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. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20210618_162836.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1994 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon: Dynaride Comfort Leaves The Farm To A New World")
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. […] -
![Colors, 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/001byRiveranotarioCOHORT.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Datsun F10: Colors and the Perils of Being Number 2")
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 […] -
![This was not actually a car I ever had any intention of owning. I’ve always liked older BMWs, but the E36 generation 3 series somehow never really struck a chord. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20201222_170523.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1998 BMW 318/328i – Brief Bavarian Interlude")
COAL: 1998 BMW 318/328i – Brief Bavarian Interlude
Posted on January 2, 2022 | 4 CommentsThis was not actually a car I ever had any intention of owning. I’ve always liked older BMWs, but the E36 generation 3 series somehow never really struck a chord. […] -
![Alfa Romeo. The name alone is enough to set a car nut’s heart aflutter. So much history, romance, myth and legend encapsulated within those two words. So much in fact, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG-20180616-WA0004.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1987 Alfa Romeo 33 – Project Car Hell, or How to Own a Car Without Driving it Even Once")
COAL: 1987 Alfa Romeo 33 – Project Car Hell, or How to Own a Car Without Driving it Even Once
Posted on December 26, 2021 | 31 CommentsAlfa Romeo. The name alone is enough to set a car nut’s heart aflutter. So much history, romance, myth and legend encapsulated within those two words. So much in fact, […] -
![I had always wanted to own and drive a classic car since I was a young kid, and one that could be reliable and a daily driver. And after […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/New-Yorker.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1964 Chrysler New Yorker: A Classic Car Speed Run Purchase Falls Into A Purgatory State.")
COAL: 1964 Chrysler New Yorker: A Classic Car Speed Run Purchase Falls Into A Purgatory State.
Posted on December 23, 2021 | 42 CommentsI had always wanted to own and drive a classic car since I was a young kid, and one that could be reliable and a daily driver. And after […] -
![I owned my 1968 Barracuda for less than a year, and it was somewhat by chance that I bought it, but it also led to me briefly owning a Volvo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/BarracudaVolvoBass1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL- 1968 Plymouth Barracuda to Volvo 122 to Bass Guitar")
COAL- 1968 Plymouth Barracuda to Volvo 122 to Bass Guitar
Posted on December 22, 2021 | 19 CommentsI owned my 1968 Barracuda for less than a year, and it was somewhat by chance that I bought it, but it also led to me briefly owning a Volvo […]
