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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1990 Dodge Daytona ES – The Penis Car
Posted on November 20, 2021 | 48 CommentsYes, it’s a two-tone ’91, but mine had a blue ground effects and the wheels were right. (Welcome our new Saturday COAL series writer) We begin in the Penis. All […] -
Car Of A Lifetime: 1974 Ford Cortina – Living Beyond the Design Brief
Posted on November 18, 2021 | 93 Comments(first posted 11/18/2015) When you’re telling a story, they say you should begin at the beginning, go on till you reach the end, then stop. But where is the beginning, […] -
COAL: The Cars Of My Father – His Renault Period (R12, R18)
Posted on November 13, 2021 | 21 CommentsMy father has always been a fan of Citroen cars – his first car was a 5CV, his last car a ZX. With a couple of Traction Avant, IDs […] -
COAL: 2015 BMW X5 – Auction Find, But There’s A Catch
Posted on November 12, 2021 | 31 CommentsLife has a way of taking you down unexpected rabbit holes. I was reading the NY Post one night, and they were talking about Kanye West’s trucks being auctioned. Seems […] -
COAL: 2001 XL7 – Adopting Little Suzi
Posted on November 10, 2021 | 28 CommentsIt was 2009 and my young family and I had been living in Calgary for four years. My wife Darlene was increasingly expressing her dislike for our high-mile 1999 Pontiac […] -
COAL: 1985 Toyota MR2 AW11 and 1987 Toyota MR2 AW10 – Some Things Work Better in Pairs, Right?
Posted on November 7, 2021 | 14 CommentsThe first generation Toyota MR2 doesn’t really need an introduction on these pages – it’s pretty well known for being a great combination of mid-engined driving dynamics, 80’s-tastic styling, and […] -
COAL: 2017 Mazda MX-5 RF GT – Affordable Exotic
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 22 CommentsIf you survey my COAL history most of the vehicles I have owned that been on the more “affordable” side. Affordable is, of course, a very relative term according to […] -
COAL: 1990 Pontiac Tempest – A Corsica In Disguise
Posted on November 3, 2021 | 17 CommentsNot our car, but you get the idea. “I’m not putting our baby in that thing!” It was 1999 and my pregnant young wife Darlene was referring to our […] -
COAL Road Trip: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – Honoring FoMoCo And Buying Trouble In Return
Posted on November 1, 2021 | 50 CommentsA few weeks ago, I shared some images from a recent October road trip in another Ford product, my ’65 Mustang. September and October are the best months for such […] -
COAL : 1969 Triumph Spitfire Mk3 – Lean, Green, Sporting Machine
Posted on October 31, 2021 | 38 CommentsBritish roadsters have always been quite popular over here in Sri Lanka. They were brought in by the dozens when new, both by Brits based here (supervising our tea plantations […] -
Daniel Stern’s COAL Series
Posted on October 30, 2021 | 9 CommentsHere’s Daniel Stern’s COAL Series, with links to each post: -
COAL: 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis – Lightning Really Doesn’t Strike Twice
Posted on October 30, 2021 | 75 Comments(note: this is the second car in this COAL mini-series; the first was the 1993 Cutlass he bought at age sixteen) Sometimes, we get a little overconfident when […] -
My First Car, At Age Sixteen: 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera – These Hold Up Over Time, Right?
Posted on October 25, 2021 | 28 CommentsI honestly doubt anyone would see this car as “vintage”, but as someone who has been into cars as a hobby for as long as I can remember, I wouldn’t […] -
COAL: 1967 Ford Escort 1300 GT – Here’s To You, Mrs Robinson
Posted on October 24, 2021 | 27 CommentsIt’s a nice coincidence that Roger Carr’s excellent history on the first two generations of Ford Escort went up recently, as I happen to have owned one of them. This […] -
COAL Dust – The Rest of the Stories + Afterword
Posted on October 23, 2021 | 80 CommentsThe metal, unpadded dashboard on D’Valiant wasn’t just matte (an anti-glare improvement from the glossy paint used in ’64), it was also