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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1996 Ford Taurus GL – A Happy Ending, Eventually
Posted on September 9, 2017 | 68 CommentsBy 1996 we had owned our “cursed” 1994 Honda Civic for just over two years. We were starting to get family from Ohio more interested in visiting Maryland as […] -
QOTD Update / COAL: 2000 Toyota Yaris Verso – Europe Beater
Posted on September 7, 2017 | 18 CommentsIn a previous post (link here), I mentioned I would be living in Europe (specifically Germany) for 6 months, and that I was thinking of getting a car for traveling […] -
Curbside Classic/Reader’s COAL: 2000 Volvo V70 – The Final Brick With A Stick
Posted on September 5, 2017 | 20 CommentsFor many years, Volvo built its reputation as a maker of safe, comfortable, capable, and very visually square vehicles. Although each of these former three qualities has always remained constant […] -
COAL: 2016 Porsche Cayenne – The Umber Wunder
Posted on September 3, 2017 | 25 CommentsWith the LR4 getting on in age and not being needed to carry three rows of kids any longer, my wife was ready for something smaller and more car-like. It […] -
COAL: 1994 Acura Integra RS – A Good Choice
Posted on September 2, 2017 | 26 CommentsAs noted in my previous COAL on our ’94 Honda Civic, it took me a number of months to find employment once we moved to Maryland in 1993. Once I […] -
COAL: 2009 VW Voyage Comfortline – Good In Theory; Not So In Reality
Posted on August 31, 2017 | 41 CommentsSometimes our life go through some radical changes, but maybe most of the changes we experience are incremental, smooth or even not perceptible at the exact time. Another dimension of […] -
COAL: 1973 VW Sport Bug – I Got The Bug. Or Buggered
Posted on August 30, 2017 | 67 Comments(a comment left by 67 Conti turned into a post) Irrational VW love is indeed a wacky illness. I have a similar story, but mine involved a ’73 Sport Bug. […] -
COAL: 2011 Land Rover LR4 – Upright and Outta Sight
Posted on August 27, 2017 | 29 CommentsAfter six years and 120,000 miles, we had never quite gotten used to the Infiniti’s size and ponderous nature around town. It was a great highway cruiser and tow vehicle, […] -
COAL: 1994 Honda Civic EX – Best and Worst of Times
Posted on August 26, 2017 | 27 CommentsBy the end of 1993, my wife and I had been living in Maryland for about six months and I had finally found a job (doing so wasn’t easy at […] -
COAL: 2007 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI Wagon
Posted on August 25, 2017 | 38 CommentsTime for another car! It had been two full years since the V40 was wrecked when I got a new job at a major pharmaceutical company. The position was full-time […] -
COAL: 2005 Infiniti QX56 – Bull in a China Shop
Posted on August 20, 2017 | 24 CommentsWith the family in need of more space than the ML320, and a tow vehicle too, we considered a few options. Neither of us wanted a pickup truck for an […] -
COAL: 1991 Honda Accord LX – A Game Changer
Posted on August 19, 2017 | 53 CommentsBy 1991 I had been driving my ’89 Thunderbird for two years without too much in the way of trouble. I had even convinced my engineering co-op supervisor at the […] -
COAL: 2001 Volvo V40 1.8 Business – “The Crimson Express”
Posted on August 16, 2017 | 20 CommentsIn 2012 my girlfriend and I learned that we were expecting our first child. We decided that a car would make things more manageable as we live hundreds of miles […] -
COAL: 2002 Chevrolet Corsa Wind – Jelly Bean, Maybe; But One With Character
Posted on August 15, 2017 | 29 CommentsAround mid 2000’s I decided to sell my 1997 VW Gol (see COAL here) and search for another car. What should I look for? After owning two VW Gol in […] -
COAL: 2002 Mercedes-Benz ML320 – What’s Bigger Than a Breadbox?
Posted on August 13, 2017 | 28 CommentsArmed with my too small 4Runner and a stressed budget, I set out to research what would accommodate three car seats, side by side in the rear seat. Our kids […]