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Curbside Classics Archives
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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![As a fan and occasional writer of science fiction, there are some worlds I absolutely love and take inspiration from in my own work. The likes of Cowboy Bebop, Firefly, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/camaro.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1992 Camaro RS- Nothing But The Rain")
COAL: 1992 Camaro RS- Nothing But The Rain
Posted on October 12, 2021 | 19 CommentsAs a fan and occasional writer of science fiction, there are some worlds I absolutely love and take inspiration from in my own work. The likes of Cowboy Bebop, Firefly, […] -
![(first posted 10/10/2015. I don’t normally rerun COALs but this one is well worth it) Last week I shared my brief fling with a respectable vehicle, the above car represents […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_20151006_0002.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1973 AMC Hornet – The Devil You Know")
COAL: 1973 AMC Hornet – The Devil You Know
Posted on October 10, 2021 | 69 Comments(first posted 10/10/2015. I don’t normally rerun COALs but this one is well worth it) Last week I shared my brief fling with a respectable vehicle, the above car represents […] -
![(RichP’s final COAL is postponed to next Sunday, due to a death in his family, so we’ll give his replacement, SajivW a head start. He’s from Sri Lanka, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1969 Volkswagen Beetle – First Car Blues or, How Not to buy a Volkswagen: a Manual of Step by Step Mistakes for the Compleat Idiot")
COAL: 1969 Volkswagen Beetle – First Car Blues or, How Not to buy a Volkswagen: a Manual of Step by Step Mistakes for the Compleat Idiot
Posted on October 10, 2021 | 28 Comments(RichP’s final COAL is postponed to next Sunday, due to a death in his family, so we’ll give his replacement, SajivW a head start. He’s from Sri Lanka, and […] -
![[Part I is here. Part II is here.] After I went off to university, dad carried on driving the Dodge every day, to and from work and wherever-all he wanted […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/62_Lancer_tonemapped_1A.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part III – Nothing Is Permanent")
COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part III – Nothing Is Permanent
Posted on October 9, 2021 | 47 Comments[Part I is here. Part II is here.] After I went off to university, dad carried on driving the Dodge every day, to and from work and wherever-all he wanted […] -
![This one had a name. Even the dogs knew it. Say “Toyota” out loud, and even now, they’ll spring out of their basket, and run to the entry door. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Toyota-2007-rav4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: “Toyota”, the Silver RAV4 (2007)")
COAL: “Toyota”, the Silver RAV4 (2007)
Posted on October 6, 2021 | 11 CommentsThis one had a name. Even the dogs knew it. Say “Toyota” out loud, and even now, they’ll spring out of their basket, and run to the entry door. […] -
![There is a famous line in the film adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s Get Shorty where Chili Palmer questions the rental car attendant about the Oldsmobile Silhouette he’s been delivered. “I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2011-highlander-front.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2011 Toyota Highlander – The Camry of SUVs")
COAL: 2011 Toyota Highlander – The Camry of SUVs
Posted on October 3, 2021 | 11 CommentsThere is a famous line in the film adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s Get Shorty where Chili Palmer questions the rental car attendant about the Oldsmobile Silhouette he’s been delivered. “I […] -
![I’ll give it its due credit: this is the most dependable car I’ve ever owned. It has been almost entirely trouble-free. It starts on the sixth compression every time—not the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2007-Accord-taillight2371.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2007 Honda Accord – Jenna’s Orange Doid")
COAL: 2007 Honda Accord – Jenna’s Orange Doid
Posted on October 2, 2021 | 54 CommentsI’ll give it its due credit: this is the most dependable car I’ve ever owned. It has been almost entirely trouble-free. It starts on the sixth compression every time—not the […] -
![I liked this car enough to keep it for seven years, but I was not crazy about it. In retrospect, it ended up being a mild disappointment. I guess […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/xt-mazda-miata-road-atlanta.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The Blue-Grey 3rd Gen Miata (2007)")
COAL: The Blue-Grey 3rd Gen Miata (2007)
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 8 CommentsI liked this car enough to keep it for seven years, but I was not crazy about it. In retrospect, it ended up being a mild disappointment. I guess […] -
![While sitting in church on Earth Day 2018 I had an epiphany. Our sermon that day was, logically enough, on the topic of Earth Day. I will admit, my mind […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cmax-side.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2017 Ford C-Max – Ford v Toyota")
COAL: 2017 Ford C-Max – Ford v Toyota
Posted on September 26, 2021 | 40 CommentsWhile sitting in church on Earth Day 2018 I had an epiphany. Our sermon that day was, logically enough, on the topic of Earth Day. I will admit, my mind […] -
COAL: 1991 Dodge Spirit ES – Let’s Try That Again…!
Posted on September 25, 2021 | 35 Comments“Eek, a ghost!” That was the subject of an -
![After I got my Beetle, it was not long before my wife needed her own car. She was in America, and wanted what she felt was a “big SUV”, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/XT_honda-crv-1998_silver.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The Silver Honda CR-V (1998)")
COAL: The Silver Honda CR-V (1998)
Posted on September 22, 2021 | 15 CommentsAfter I got my Beetle, it was not long before my wife needed her own car. She was in America, and wanted what she felt was a “big SUV”, […] -
![It’s been awhile since I’ve read Smokey Yunick’s entertaining, colorful, and seemingly endless autobiography, but I recall his depreciating those who relied on what he called “cut and try” methods […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/111_1637.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – The Cut And Try Method")
COAL Update: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – The Cut And Try Method
Posted on September 20, 2021 | 21 CommentsIt’s been awhile since I’ve read Smokey Yunick’s entertaining, colorful, and seemingly endless autobiography, but I recall his depreciating those who relied on what he called “cut and try” methods […] -
![On a whim, after four uneventful years of ownership, I traded my appliance white 2012 Jetta for a red 2014 Beetle. I was on the downward glide of a 40 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/beetle-front-quarter.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2014 VW Beetle – Again With The Red Beetle")
COAL: 2014 VW Beetle – Again With The Red Beetle
Posted on September 19, 2021 | 19 CommentsOn a whim, after four uneventful years of ownership, I traded my appliance white 2012 Jetta for a red 2014 Beetle. I was on the downward glide of a 40 […] -
COAL: 1996 Toyota Camry Wagon – Glass Onion
Posted on September 18, 2021 | 51 CommentsLast week I told about my trip out West, from Toronto to -
![The New Beetle was a round peg trying to fit in a square hole – an homage to a form designed in the thirties for a rear engined car, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/dogs-in-white-beetle.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: “Beetle”, The White New Beetle (1999)")
COAL: “Beetle”, The White New Beetle (1999)
Posted on September 15, 2021 | 19 CommentsThe New Beetle was a round peg trying to fit in a square hole – an homage to a form designed in the thirties for a rear engined car, […]
