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- Huey on Curbside Classic: 1996-99 Opel/Vauxhall Sintra and 1999-2004 Chevrolet Trans Sport – Neither Fish Nor Fowl (But Maybe Foul)
- Tatra87 on Curbside Classic: 1973 Datsun 1200 (Sunny B110) — The Sunny, Yet Not Sunny Enough, Early Days Of The Nissan Sunny
- Jim Klein on Curbside Classic: 1973 Datsun 1200 (Sunny B110) — The Sunny, Yet Not Sunny Enough, Early Days Of The Nissan Sunny
- C K on Curbside Classic: 1973 Datsun 1200 (Sunny B110) — The Sunny, Yet Not Sunny Enough, Early Days Of The Nissan Sunny
- Huey on Curbside Classic: 1996-99 Opel/Vauxhall Sintra and 1999-2004 Chevrolet Trans Sport – Neither Fish Nor Fowl (But Maybe Foul)
- Ate Up With Motor on Curbside Classic: 1963 Corvair Monza Spyder Convertible – The Turbo Revolution Started Here
- Rich Baron on Vintage Snapshots: Plymouth Owners In The ’50s-’60s
- Huey on Curbside Classic: 1996-99 Opel/Vauxhall Sintra and 1999-2004 Chevrolet Trans Sport – Neither Fish Nor Fowl (But Maybe Foul)
- la673 on Curbside Classic: 1977 Buick LeSabre Coupe – B.M.O.C.
- tbm3fan on CC Road Trip: 1962 Valiant V-200 Station Wagon – An October Drive With The Family
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1984 Kawasaki GPz550 – Let The Good Times Roll!
Posted on December 3, 2017 | 18 Comments(First posted July 7, 2013) After living in the city for a while (San Francisco in this case), often one starts to think that there must be better ways to […] -
COAL: 2005 Lexus ES330 – A Toyota By Any Other Name
Posted on December 2, 2017 | 23 CommentsBy 2005 I was halfway between 30 and 40, and looking for a car with a more upmarket nameplate than the Toyotas and Hondas I’d been choosing in the past. […] -
COAL: 1986 Toyota Cressida – Stately Elegance
Posted on November 26, 2017 | 53 Comments(First posted 6/30/2013) In the spring of 1996, my girlfriend finally graduated from college and moved up to San Francisco to live with me. She arrived with a big […] -
COAL: 2000 Ford Taurus SE – I Don’t Need It, But…
Posted on November 25, 2017 | 38 CommentsUp until this point in my car history my wife and I were the proud owners of two cars, one for her (generally) and one for me. We did tend […] -
COAL Hunting: Beware Of Wildlife
Posted on November 23, 2017 | 19 CommentsHappy Thanksgiving! For this installment of COAL hunting via Facebook, you might want to call your local snake charmer. And if you are headed to the Toyota website, take some […] -
COAL: 1995 Volkswagen Jetta GL Mk3 – That New Car Smell Wears Off Quickly…
Posted on November 19, 2017 | 67 Comments(First posted 6/23/2013) In early 1995 Volkswagen started running a very appealing lease special in my area: a new Jetta, for $199/month with nothing down. I’d never had a new […] -
COAL: 1975 Chevrolet Suburban – Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
Posted on November 19, 2017 | 37 CommentsEvery time I see a $60,000 Suburban hauling kids (which is about twenty times a day), I think of the Suburban of my youth. -
COAL: 2004 Nissan Maxima SE – Not a Toyota?
Posted on November 18, 2017 | 35 CommentsWith this week’s installment I will get back more to a chronological order for my car purchases. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I very much liked the […] -
COAL: 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK 350 4Matic – Teutonic Proficiency
Posted on November 16, 2017 | 42 CommentsDespite having now owned her 2013 Mercedes GLK for four and a half years, it recently occurred to me that I haven’t written much about Mom’s current daily driver, except […] -
COAL: 1993 Lincoln Town Car Jack Nicklaus Edition – A Hole In One
Posted on November 15, 2017 | 51 CommentsIt’s funny how things can come full circle – I grew up around my dad’s 93 Lincoln Town Car, but I never really loved it as much as I did […] -
Truck of a Lifetime: 1972 Ford F100
Posted on November 13, 2017 | 40 CommentsThis is the “after” picture This summer I embarked on a project to fix up a 1978 Ford truck I own. It got me thinking that it had been 26 […] -
COAL: 1984 Audi Coupe GT – A Trivial Pursuit Into Personal Rationalization
Posted on November 12, 2017 | 31 Comments(First posted 6/16/2013) This car officially starts the period of my life where one car at a time just wasn’t enough…Like those who say they need a reliable commuter […] -
COAL: 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550 – Bertha Benz Rides Again
Posted on November 12, 2017 | 24 CommentsI would love to attach lots of real photos of Bertha, who still very much lives with us. But it has rained for what seems like weeks now and she’s […] -
COAL: 2004 Toyota Prius – An Engineer’s Car
Posted on November 11, 2017 | 49 CommentsLast week’s COAL entry on my 2003 Matrix ended with an inadvertent guessing game of sorts about the Matrix’s replacement, with at least two separate camps for the Toyota Prius […] -
Play COAL: 1977 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau – A Family Matter
Posted on November 10, 2017 | 44 Comments(After the very popular “How Does a 1978 Lincoln Town Coupe Drive Compared to Newer Cars“, I asked xequar if he would oblige us with a write-up of its companion […]