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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1995 Fiat Uno Mille EP and 1996 Fiat Palio 1.0 ED – Revving High on 1 Liter
Posted on July 10, 2017 | 27 CommentsSometimes one remembers that regular people spend much more time at work than at their own homes. The automotive analogy to that goes like this: we may spend more time […] -
COAL: 1991 Honda Prelude – Sensible Yet Sporty
Posted on July 9, 2017 | 36 CommentsAt Christmas of 1991, I came home from the semester abroad. The BMW 320i had been sold via an old fashioned newspaper ad (remember those?). My dad said he had […] -
COAL: The Wayward Bus – 2002 VW Eurovan MV
Posted on July 6, 2017 | 50 CommentsVW-itis (noun) An automotive affliction, originally derived from the Latin: tibi (you) horrendum (have horrible) gustus (taste) in curruss (cars). Characterized by delusions of grandeur, an unchecked willingness to repeatedly […] -
COAL: 1982 BMW 320i – My First Car
Posted on July 2, 2017 | 25 Comments(welcome our new Sunday COALer) In the summer of 1985, I was 15 and a rising high school sophomore. I had a pretty good work ethic for a kid. I […] -
COAL: 1985 VW Gol BX – The Beetle’s Spiritual Successor?
Posted on June 27, 2017 | 32 CommentsSince at least the 70’s, sometimes more often than others, foreign manufacturers have been designing products tailored to fit the specifics of the Brazilian car market. It is debatable […] -
Tom Halter’s Cars of a Lifetime Series
Posted on June 25, 2017 | 10 CommentsCOAL Series by Tom Halter -
COAL: 2017 Ford Fusion Platinum – The Car of a Lifetime
Posted on June 25, 2017 | 47 CommentsWelcome to the final entry (for now) in my COAL series. This series of posts, begun over six months ago, now totals almost 35,000 words. By comparison, Hamlet, Shakespeare’s longest play, […] -
COAL: 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – Time Is On My Side
Posted on June 21, 2017 | 84 CommentsMost people have little interest in a 3rd generation (1978 – 1980) Chevrolet Monte Carlo, no matter how old it gets. It’s never anyone’s top choice. At some point, even […] -
Tom Halter COAL Series: Odds and Ends
Posted on June 18, 2017 | 29 CommentsIf you’ve made it this far in my COAL series, you’ve made it through six months of posts covering 20+ cars and two motorcycles. And yet, there were many more […] -
COAL: 1989 Lincoln Mark VII LSC – The Tail Wagging the Dog
Posted on June 17, 2017 | 25 CommentsEver been surprised by something you’ve found in a newly acquired car? I’ve bought so many used cars, I have found a wide variety of items in them. Of course, […] -
COAL: Archeology of a Brazilian Car Nut
Posted on June 13, 2017 | 52 CommentsI’m a strong believer that history and culture plays a huge part on the dynamic of people’s life’s and countries (under)development process. An overlapping zone between this and my […] -
COAL: 2005 Acura TSX – The Low Spark of High Mileage Cars
Posted on June 11, 2017 | 25 CommentsThey say that history repeats itself if you wait long enough. Well, my oldest son Josh is now a licensed driver and is about as far along in his life […] -
COAL: 1995 Ford Mustang GT Convertible – The Last 302
Posted on June 10, 2017 | 25 CommentsMy daughter came home from school one day and told me how her friend needed help with his car. I offered to help and she relayed this to him. Over […] -
COAL: 2006 Mercedes-Benz SLK 280 – The Keeper
Posted on June 4, 2017 | 14 CommentsSo remember that Audi TT Roadster that I so impulsively purchased in my last COAL? Truth be told, it was a bit of an experiment. I wasn’t sure how much […] -
COAL: 1997 Chevrolet Corvette – A Lesson Learned About Consignment
Posted on June 3, 2017 | 24 CommentsCountless boys across many generations have been mesmerized by Chevy’s Corvette. In the 70s and 80s it was the only real American mass production sports car to fantasize about. I […]