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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1994.5 Nissan Sentra Limited Edition – Some Days, You’re the Bird…
Posted on March 1, 2020 | 41 CommentsNear the end of my automotive interregnum, my fiance and I moved to an apartment building with free parking, and this looked like a good opportunity to dip our toes […] -
COAL: 2013 Toyota Corolla LE- Vanilla, with Extra Sprinkles
Posted on February 29, 2020 | 44 CommentsYep, this week’s installment is about a Toyota Corolla- one of the most-recognized cars in the world. Truth be told, so much has been said and written about this […] -
COAL Long Term Followup: 40,000 Miles with a 2017 Ford Fusion Platinum
Posted on February 25, 2020 | 47 CommentsI have written about my 2017 Ford Fusion Platinum several times before (here and here). Now that it is has accumulated nearly 40,000 miles and is at the end of […] -
COAL: Automotive Interregnum
Posted on February 23, 2020 | 12 CommentsAround the same time that my mother informed me that I was now required to pay rent, I took a trip up to Washington D.C. to visit a close friend […] -
COAL: 2009 Toyota Yaris Sedan- Thinking Small
Posted on February 22, 2020 | 57 CommentsWhen it comes to buying cars, there are only two things I really want to have: small size and bullet-proof reliability. If you’ve been reading my posts, it will […] -
COAL Update: A Painted Poncho
Posted on February 18, 2020 | 49 CommentsLast year, I told the story of my (formerly) Fire Engine Firethorn Red 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix, a car that has been in my life in one form or another since […] -
COAL: 1989 Dodge Colt E – Somewhere Over the Mitsubishi Bridge
Posted on February 16, 2020 | 31 CommentsWhile Japanese cars still commanded a premium in 1989, though not as much as in 1984, there were a few Asian cars that were not really on anyone’s radar. They […] -
COAL: 1996 Honda Accord LX- Looking Back through a Heather Mist
Posted on February 15, 2020 | 31 CommentsMuch has been written about how Japanese cars, especially Hondas and Toyotas, reached the zenith of their quality and refinement during the period from the late 1980s through the […] -
COAL: 1984 Nissan Stanza GL – Mom & Dad vs. Voluntary Export Restraints
Posted on February 9, 2020 | 38 CommentsNow that my parents had seen the promised land of Japanese quality with our 1983 Nissan Sentra, they were ready to jump in with both feet by ditching their second […] -
COAL: 1994 Saturn SL- Drinking the Kool-Aid
Posted on February 8, 2020 | 60 CommentsThere were two formative chapters in my life that should have made me think a lot harder about the car purchase that came after the Tercel. First, having lived […] -
COAL: Cars Of My Father, Part 2
Posted on February 7, 2020 | 16 CommentsPicking up from where I left off on my previous post, let’s peruse some more of the cars owned by my father over the years. -
COAL: 1976 Chevrolet Malibu Classic – Unsung Hero
Posted on February 4, 2020 | 53 CommentsHere at CC we have the COAL series that looks at the cars from our past and present. Other than my Torino, a car that has been in my family […] -
COAL: 1983 Nissan Sentra Coupe XE – Not American
Posted on February 2, 2020 | 41 CommentsAs I had mentioned near the end of The Cars of My Father, after suffering through five years with their 1978 Plymouth Horizon, my parents felt that it was time […] -
COAL: 1991 Toyota Tercel- The Stripper
Posted on February 1, 2020 | 66 CommentsRemember “stripper” cars? I don’t think there are any new cars on the market today that truly qualify as a “stripper” in the sense that I remember them. Just […]