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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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QOTD: What Cars Have You Married?
Posted on September 16, 2019 | 53 CommentsI have bought many cars over the years, but I only married one. There is a difference. -
COAL Update: Sold…
Posted on August 30, 2019 | 27 CommentsAnd away it goes. I had purchased it as a ten-year-old with an almost new heart on October 16, 2012 on the East Coast and sold it in the early […] -
COAL: 2004 Ford Focus ZTS
Posted on August 22, 2019 | 40 CommentsIt is 2004 and my 1986 Mazda 626 is passing 350,000 miles now. It is time to consider it’s replacement and can I find one that will pass all my […] -
Trucks of a Lifetime: 1978 Ford F250 4X4
Posted on August 21, 2019 | 18 CommentsAs much as I love the idea of doing a semi regular chronicle of the relatively few vehicles that I’ve owned, I never seem to get it done regularly unless […] -
COAL: 2012 Ford Focus – World Car IV (Part 2)
Posted on August 18, 2019 | 29 CommentsAfter the Michigan road trip, I officially became unemployed. My job was grant-funded, and when the grant ended so did my employment. I expected this but didn’t really have any […] -
COAL Update, 2016 Camaro SS2: So Long Friend, I Hardly Knew Ya!
Posted on August 13, 2019 | 35 CommentsI’ve had my 2016 Camaro not quite two years and is the subject of a COAL I wrote about earlier this year. Making a long story short, I’ve owned my […] -
COAL: 2012 Ford Focus – World Car IV (Part 1)
Posted on August 11, 2019 | 24 CommentsTabby, my 2001 Focus was nearing a decade old and while it was still in good shape, it was starting to need many small repairs. I found myself in the […] -
Curbside Tech- An Update on the Soul Survivor
Posted on August 9, 2019 | 21 CommentsOn Tuesday, I introduced you to the El Kylemino, my ’87 El Camino. Back in 2014, I introduced you to the first Curbside Classic I purchased, the Soul Survivor. The […] -
COCAC (Company Owned Car of A Career) 20,773 Mile Update: 2018 Chevrolet Impala – Does General Motors Owe Me A Thank You?
Posted on July 26, 2019 | 69 CommentsPondering how to approach this 20,773 mile update, it occurred to me….General Motors may want to thank me. It’s their call of course, but my obtaining this Impala for work […] -
COAL: 2001 Ford Focus – Focusing on the Future
Posted on July 21, 2019 | 36 CommentsA new car was a monumental occasion in my family. The fiscal conservativeness of my parents had done them well in their lives, but driving second-hand cars can only go […] -
COAL: 1985 El Camino Project Update – Miss Lily Elk
Posted on July 20, 2019 | 29 CommentsThis is a car in transition, and much like her namesake, will have quite the story to tell at the end of it all. -
COAL: 1995 Ford Contour – Mondeo Man vs Florida Man
Posted on July 14, 2019 | 30 CommentsA friend of mine had recently purchased a Ford Contour (with the “Sport” package, five-speed and wonderful chunky wheels) and I wanted one for myself. -
COAL: 1993 SAAB 900- The Most(ly) Intelligent Cars Ever Built
Posted on July 13, 2019 | 16 CommentsThey’re like U2: Love them, hate them, or don’t know anything about them. Of twelve cars owned in fourteen years of licensed driving, this is by far the longest and […] -
COAL – 1988 Buick Century – My First Wagon
Posted on July 7, 2019 | 18 CommentsBy 1997 my Escort was an 11-year-old car that had lived it’s entire life in road-salt country – Upstate New York – and it showed. My father had valiantly tried […] -
COAL – 1986 Ford Escort Pony – First Car Four Speed Fun (Part 2)
Posted on June 30, 2019 | 28 CommentsIt was winter of 1995-96 and I was well into my first year at Corning Community College. I was deeply unhappy at my post-high school choices (or lack thereof). Most […]