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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 2006 Mazda 3 – It’s Complicated
Posted on April 16, 2017 | 89 CommentsIt’s amazing how promises we make to ourselves in our youth can be broken as we get older. In this particular COAL, I will break a huge one. -
COAL: 1989 Olds Cutlass Supreme – A Beautiful Machine
Posted on April 15, 2017 | 55 CommentsI was young, married, with three little kids, and another one on the way. Money was tight. My father-in-law found out my wife and I were sharing our ‘94 Grand […] -
COAL #4: 2007 Subaru Liberty (Legacy) 2.5 Wagon – Ticked And Moved Boxes, But Couldn’t Move Me
Posted on April 12, 2017 | 55 CommentsWould I recommend a Subaru Legacy (Liberty in Australia)? You bet. The 2007 2.5 wagon I bought last year proved to be a capable, reliable car with a great ride […] -
COAL: 1975 MG B – To Buy a B Or Not To Buy a B, That Is The Question. And I Answered It
Posted on April 11, 2017 | 38 CommentsAs many of you know I have owned a few British cars as well as other affordable classics but never an MG. The MG B was one of the classic […] -
COAL: 2006 Chrysler Pacifica – Crossing Over
Posted on April 9, 2017 | 56 CommentsAfter being in an accident which totalled our 2003 Accord in December of 2005, my wife Kristen needed wheels fast. -
COAL: 1972 Pontiac Firebird Formula – First Flip
Posted on April 8, 2017 | 21 CommentsIt was the mid 1980s and I was in High School and working at a gas station. We sold only gasoline; there were absolutely no food or drinks of any […] -
COAL: 2003 Honda Accord EX-L V6 – Too Perfect?
Posted on April 2, 2017 | 38 Comments“If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina -
COAL: Dodge Ramcharger – Weirdo Seller; Creepy Buyer
Posted on April 1, 2017 | 42 CommentsOne of the positives of buying and selling cars is all the different people you get to meet. One of the downsides of buying and selling cars is all the […] -
COAL: 1982 Mercury Capri RS Turbo – T-Topped & T-Charged
Posted on March 30, 2017 | 40 CommentsLooking back at my younger years when I happily changed vehicles as frequently as most people change the oil in theirs (okay, maybe not *that* frequently!) something that has really […] -
COAL: 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Posted on March 29, 2017 | 92 CommentsTo understand what you are about to read, some of which, seen in the glaringly unforgiving and harsh light of early 2017, looks mildly horrifying, it would probably be […] -
COAL: 2002 VW Jetta GLI – The Doppelgänger
Posted on March 26, 2017 | 40 CommentsBack in 1999, I was absorbed in my consulting work and my tiny fleet of automotive toys (well, one car and one motorcycle). The IT industry, while not quite the party […] -
COAL: 1972 Datsun 510 – An Investment?
Posted on March 25, 2017 | 17 Comments“Autos For Sale” was the section of the classifieds I was perusing in the newspaper. It was 1990 and I was a college kid who just needed some transportation. Flush […] -
COAL: 1998 Plymouth Neon – The Accidental COAL
Posted on March 19, 2017 | 38 CommentsAs I mentioned in my last COAL, 1998 marked my 30th year. While professionally and financially successful, I started to feel like something was missing. My brother had gotten married 8 […] -
COAL: 1985 Mercury Cougar – A.K.A. “Broken Windows”
Posted on March 18, 2017 | 32 Comments(note: Mr. Pastor’s COAL series is not in chronological order. ED) I was looking for cheap transportation. It was the late 1990s and my wife and I had just plunked […] -
RCOAL: Rental Cars of a Lifetime
Posted on March 12, 2017 | 61 Comments(Authors note: I’m inserting an intermission here in my Cars of a Lifetime series, as the first chapter of my life closes, and big changes are coming in the next […]