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![(ED: After this past Sunday’s COAL on a problematic 2003 Forester, the timing of this submission is a new version of the CC Effect™. Except this time the author is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Subaru-2002-forester.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Project Subaru Rescue 2021: Win, Lose or Draw?")
COAL: Project Subaru Rescue 2021: Win, Lose or Draw?
Posted on August 12, 2021 | 56 Comments(ED: After this past Sunday’s COAL on a problematic 2003 Forester, the timing of this submission is a new version of the CC Effect™. Except this time the author is […] -
![OK, pan just a bit to the right from the scene at the end of my last COAL and there’s a fairly full glimpse of this week’s subject. Probably the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/P1100518.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2008 BMW 328i Sports Wagon — Coming Around Full Circle")
COAL: 2008 BMW 328i Sports Wagon — Coming Around Full Circle
Posted on August 11, 2021 | 21 CommentsOK, pan just a bit to the right from the scene at the end of my last COAL and there’s a fairly full glimpse of this week’s subject. Probably the […] -
![A quick refresher is in order, as it’s been a few years since I COALed about this topic: I’ve always loved convertibles, and growing up my parents had a 1971 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_2368.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2016 Mercedes Benz SLK 300 – The Upgrade")
COAL: 2016 Mercedes Benz SLK 300 – The Upgrade
Posted on August 10, 2021 | 20 CommentsA quick refresher is in order, as it’s been a few years since I COALed about this topic: I’ve always loved convertibles, and growing up my parents had a 1971 […] -
![We’re going a little bit out of order with this week’s COAL, but it seems appropriate, given the circumstances. There was a death in the fleet and it seems fitting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PXL_20210803_174127386.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2003 Subaru Forester – What Lies Beneath")
COAL: 2003 Subaru Forester – What Lies Beneath
Posted on August 8, 2021 | 39 CommentsWe’re going a little bit out of order with this week’s COAL, but it seems appropriate, given the circumstances. There was a death in the fleet and it seems fitting […] -
![I’m not really sure why I bought a truck in August of 2002. I wasn’t a farmer or a contractor, and I wasn’t doing any big project or anything else […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Ram_Front_Lit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1989 Dodge D-100 – What The Truck?")
COAL: 1989 Dodge D-100 – What The Truck?
Posted on August 7, 2021 | 70 CommentsI’m not really sure why I bought a truck in August of 2002. I wasn’t a farmer or a contractor, and I wasn’t doing any big project or anything else […] -
![For once, the pendulum didn’t swing. If you’ve been following my car history these past months, you know that I have tended to veer between successive cars that had relatively […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/clown.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2002 MINI Cooper S — Just Don’t Call It “Driving”")
COAL: 2002 MINI Cooper S — Just Don’t Call It “Driving”
Posted on August 4, 2021 | 51 CommentsFor once, the pendulum didn’t swing. If you’ve been following my car history these past months, you know that I have tended to veer between successive cars that had relatively […] -
![I really wanted one of these in yellow, but I settled for a red one late in the 2002 model year. I always seem to buy my cars in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Yellow-Protege5-adv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2002 Mazda Protege5 – Fool Me Again")
COAL: 2002 Mazda Protege5 – Fool Me Again
Posted on August 1, 2021 | 20 CommentsI really wanted one of these in yellow, but I settled for a red one late in the 2002 model year. I always seem to buy my cars in […] -
COAL: 1985 Volvo 245 Turbo the Second – Oops, I Did It Again
Posted on July 31, 2021 | 40 CommentsOn 6 October 2002, I impulsively decided that, having done my time in a K (ish)-car, I was rehabilitated and ready to return to productive society. The -
![What’s your definition of “daily driver”? I don’t mean just the obvious such as “the car I drive every day”, but rather what characteristics do you require (or “demand” assuming […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMAGE011.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1993 Nissan Sentra SE-R — How Do You Define Daily Driver?")
COAL: 1993 Nissan Sentra SE-R — How Do You Define Daily Driver?
Posted on July 28, 2021 | 49 CommentsWhat’s your definition of “daily driver”? I don’t mean just the obvious such as “the car I drive every day”, but rather what characteristics do you require (or “demand” assuming […] -
![It was time for a change. I had owned my Mazda 3 sedan for three years, almost four. The latter part of it’s time, it was used as my girlfriend’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210705_102822156.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2004 Honda Element LX- We Drive Boxes")
COAL: 2004 Honda Element LX- We Drive Boxes
Posted on July 25, 2021 | 25 CommentsIt was time for a change. I had owned my Mazda 3 sedan for three years, almost four. The latter part of it’s time, it was used as my girlfriend’s […] -
![The second generation Mazda MPV, introduced in mid-1999, replaced the quirky, but beloved (by some) first generation MPV with it’s available 4WD and hinged rear doors. By waiting for the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/MPV-front-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2001 Mazda MPV – Zoom Zoom To Rust Rust")
COAL: 2001 Mazda MPV – Zoom Zoom To Rust Rust
Posted on July 25, 2021 | 36 CommentsThe second generation Mazda MPV, introduced in mid-1999, replaced the quirky, but beloved (by some) first generation MPV with it’s available 4WD and hinged rear doors. By waiting for the […] -
COAL: 1991 Chevrolet Caprice 9C1 – The Crapiece
Posted on July 24, 2021 | 106 CommentsWith the ’85 Volvo declared unroadworthy, I went seeking a replacement. I looked at -
![With the birth of our twin daughters in July of 1996, another upgrade to the fleet was needed. We had replaced our Camry wagon with a first gen Subaru Legacy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/96-villager-brochure.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Mercury Villager – A Twin for Twins")
COAL: 1996 Mercury Villager – A Twin for Twins
Posted on July 18, 2021 | 13 CommentsWith the birth of our twin daughters in July of 1996, another upgrade to the fleet was needed. We had replaced our Camry wagon with a first gen Subaru Legacy […] -
COAL: 1985 Volvo 245 Turbo the First – Rustic Charm and Squash Soup
Posted on July 17, 2021 | 35 CommentsIn late August 2000 I flew back to Michigan for my last year of university, having spent a -
![It is often said that it is more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow. I’ve driven my share of slow as well as fast […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/vwbelchertown.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1984 Rabbit Diesel L – Demonstration of the Practicality v. Desire Equation")
COAL: 1984 Rabbit Diesel L – Demonstration of the Practicality v. Desire Equation
Posted on July 14, 2021 | 13 CommentsIt is often said that it is more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow. I’ve driven my share of slow as well as fast […]
