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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1993 Toyota MR2 – A Father-Son Project
Posted on March 11, 2017 | 22 Comments(Please welcome our newest COAL series author, James Pastor) A couple of years ago, when my son was about 13, I noticed his addiction to video games was getting […] -
COAL: 1998 Audi A4 Quattro – Mission Accomplished
Posted on March 5, 2017 | 44 CommentsThe Late 90’s was a crazy time. As I had mentioned in my previous COALs, I was freelance IT consulting in Detroit, Michigan. Between Y2K and the explosion of the […] -
COAL: 1998 BMW 318i and 1995 Mazda Miata – My Current Rides
Posted on March 4, 2017 | 19 CommentsIn late fall of 2013 with a desire for something new to drive and my 2006 Saab 9-2x on the market, I started my search for something new to drive. […] -
COAL: 1996 Nissan Maxima – No, I Haven’t Driven a Ford Lately
Posted on February 26, 2017 | 43 CommentsDetroit. The Motor City. Motown. Caropolis. (OK, I just made this last one up). It is 1995, and I am realizing one of my life-long dreams of living and working […] -
COAL (COJL) – 2005 Smart ForTwo Passion – A Friend Till the End
Posted on February 25, 2017 | 56 CommentsThus far in the COJL series I’ve profiled a selection of mostly ‘fun cars’ which my spouse John had for the time we were together. However, during that time he […] -
MOAL: 1992 Honda CBR600F2 – The One with the Time Machine
Posted on February 19, 2017 | 18 CommentsI was a regular contributor on Usenet back in the 90’s. Usenet, for the uninitiated, was an early online forum which predated the World Wide Web by a good decade. Google […] -
COAL (COJL) – 1991 Mercedes Benz 560 SEC – Only The Best Car Ever!
Posted on February 18, 2017 | 35 CommentsDuring the time that John was having his Mercedes-Benz 380 SL restored, we also had the occasion to drive a couple of cars that the body shop doing the […] -
COAL: 1994 Acura Integra GS-R – Picking Up Speed
Posted on February 12, 2017 | 15 CommentsWhile I was largely satisfied with my 1991 Acura Integra, something happened the very next model year that would begin to change that: The Integra GS-R. By dropping in a […] -
COAL (COJL) – 1985 Mercedes-Benz 380 SL – Some Dreams Should Stay That Way
Posted on February 11, 2017 | 19 CommentsFor much of his driving career, John had coveted a Mercedes-Benz SL roadster. He told me that he remembered the very first SL when it debuted in the mid […] -
COAL: 1991 Acura Integra GS – Entering the Real World
Posted on February 5, 2017 | 23 CommentsWhen last I checked in, it was the late 80’s, and I was working on my Mechanical Engineering degree at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Case, like all good […] -
Confessions of a Camry Driver: Matt Spencer’s COAL Series
Posted on February 4, 2017 | 36 CommentsFrom this… That’s right folks, I am the hated, the misunderstood, the multiple Toyota leasee. I once drove what we all think are interesting cars (including the 1983 Porsche 928S […] -
COAL (COJL) 1993 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.6 – Petite Sophisticate
Posted on February 4, 2017 | 10 CommentsIn summer of 2002, John decided to purchase a Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.6. Having driven BMWs (among other cars) for much of his driving life, he thought that moving up to […] -
COAL: 1985 Chrysler LeBaron GTS – The College Years
Posted on January 29, 2017 | 33 CommentsWhile my primary interest growing up was cars (as well documented in my previous COALs), I had a second interest that was also developing: Computers. This too would become a […] -
COAL (COJL) – 1991 BMW 318 i – My First BMW, Even If It Wasn’t Mine
Posted on January 28, 2017 | 10 CommentsIn 2001 I met John Southin, a car aficionado of the highest order. A retired Biologist and Geneticist who was a professor at McGill University for 28 years before he […] -
COAL: 1996 Volvo 850 R – My Old Turquoise Brick
Posted on January 26, 2017 | 24 CommentsIt’s a bittersweet sensation when you are emptying your car just before selling it. You look for all that crap you kept for years in the glove box, the door […]