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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 2005 Toyota Sienna XLE – The Love That Dareth Not Speak Its Name
Posted on May 6, 2018 | 36 Comments(First posted 12/8/2013) Yes, I can admit that I loved our minivan and was saddened when it involuntarily left our lives too soon at too young an age. For many […] -
COAL: 1976 Dodge Aspen – A Wagon Out of Wedlock
Posted on May 6, 2018 | 28 CommentsIn 1976, my 1967 Plymouth Valiant was getting up in age and I was beginning to be concerned about its longevity. Every couple of months, I was making 1200 mile […] -
COAL: 2018 Ford Escape SE Sport – Not the Mustang I Wanted
Posted on May 5, 2018 | 58 CommentsAs one might infer from the title of this week’s entry, I went to the dealership with a very different intention for replacing our Lincoln MKZ than what actually transpired. […] -
COAL: 1985 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce – Ciao, Baby!
Posted on April 29, 2018 | 27 Comments(First posted 12/1/2013) Clarkson once remarked: “You can’t be a true petrolhead until you’ve owned an Alfa Romeo”, a sentiment with which I would agree. Obviously this is easier in […] -
COAL: 1967 Plymouth Valiant 100 – Grandma’s Car
Posted on April 29, 2018 | 49 CommentsNote: None of the pictures in this post are of the actual car. They were pulled from the Internet. Upon demise of the Vega, I needed to obtain a new […] -
COAL: 1992 Lincoln Mark VII LSC – Completing the Collection (For Now)
Posted on April 28, 2018 | 18 CommentsAfter several years with the Town Car, I was ready to sell it on to someone else to have some fun and to explore another car on my list of […] -
COAL: 2004 Nissan Murano SL AWD – The Trophy Wife Of Cars
Posted on April 22, 2018 | 30 Comments(First Posted November 24, 2013) The merger between Nissan and Renault seemed to spawn more adventurous styling on the part of Nissan, with one of the first results in the […] -
COAL: 1971 Chevrolet Vega – The Little Car That Did Everything Well, Well Maybe…
Posted on April 22, 2018 | 46 CommentsThe excitement for the 1971 Chevrolet Vega started a year early, with teaser ads showing all of the technology and design features. As an 18 year old, I was eagerly […] -
COAL: 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Premier – Lost in a Sea of SUVs
Posted on April 21, 2018 | 52 CommentsThis week’s entry is about my current daily driver, notable partly for being a bit of a dying breed. Small cars in general, and small hatchbacks in particular, are not […] -
COAL: 2017 Chev SS – See The USA In A Chevrolet, er, Holden
Posted on April 19, 2018 | 58 CommentsI drive a dinosaur – the sub-$50K, naturally-aspirated V8, rear-wheel-drive, manual transmission Sport Sedan is officially extinct. By happy circumstance, I acquired one of the last living specimens exactly one […] -
COAL: 1992 Mazda Miata – Why Did I Not Have One Of These Yet?
Posted on April 15, 2018 | 55 Comments(First Posted November 17, 2013) After having moved in order to remove a long and burdensome commute, I found myself with all sorts of extra free time that allowed me to contemplate […] -
COAL: 1963 Dodge 440 – That Thing Got a 440?
Posted on April 15, 2018 | 37 Comments(welcome our new COALman, 83LeBaron) Chrysler fans will know that there was a 440 CID engine, but they know about a 1963 Dodge sedan named 440? Did it have a […] -
COAL: 1989 Mercury Cougar XR7 – The Right Car at the Right Time
Posted on April 14, 2018 | 34 CommentsLike many old car enthusiasts (and a good portion of the CC readership), I sometimes pass a few hours looking through old car classifieds and forums to see what cars […] -
COAL: 2018 BMW 540i xDrive (G30) – The Bavarian Beast
Posted on April 13, 2018 | 49 CommentsYesterday’s CC Clue, a rather perplexing one I knew only the truest of Bimmerfiles would get, was from the last word of the title and image in reference to Dingolfing, […] -
Curbside Crime Mystery: 1973 Pontiac Grand Prix – Not Christine
Posted on April 12, 2018 | 33 CommentsOn April 4th, 1976 the Foglemans of Liberty, NC were shot to death. Do court records make good documentation of a car’s mileage? Anyone who buys old cars has pondered whether […]