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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 2012 Kia Forte Koup EX – Bad Spelling, Good Car
Posted on February 14, 2016 | 70 CommentsIn the fall of 2011, I had reached the difficult decision to trade in my beloved but thirsty Marauder in on something newer and easier on gas, which would become […] -
COAL: 1975 Saab 99 EMS And 1971 Saab 95 – Different Thinking From Sweden
Posted on February 13, 2016 | 62 CommentsLast week’s COAL on my Datsun 510 ended ignominiously in the Catskills when I borrowed my boss’s car and drove from Vermont to New York to retrieve my belongings from […] -
COAL: 2001 Ford Focus – A Daily Dose Of Joy
Posted on February 9, 2016 | 98 CommentsIt seems our family keeps vehicles until they are about 15 years old. Our 88 Ranger and our 96 Windstar both departed at 15, the 80 Concord and the 89 […] -
COAL: 2000 Oldsmobile Alero – By Any Other Name
Posted on February 7, 2016 | 31 CommentsIf you don’t want to form an irrational emotional attachment to a car, don’t name it. That may be the lasting lesson of this car. I wasn’t even the […] -
COAL: 1971 Datsun 510 – It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times
Posted on February 6, 2016 | 33 CommentsIt was 1979. I was still in Vermont and after almost a year with last week’s Dodge Dart I was ready for something that could better scratch my driving itch. […] -
Automotive History and COAL: The Crew Cab Pickup And My 2007 Ford F-150 Super Crew – Versatility Be Thy Name
Posted on February 2, 2016 | 102 CommentsThe crew-cab pickup. Love them or hate them, they have certainly become a prominent fixture in the automotive landscape. One of my first articles on CC was questioning what had […] -
COAL: 2003 Mercury Marauder – Quicksilver
Posted on January 31, 2016 | 57 CommentsJust as I was thinking I had a long-term future with my Lincoln, fate intervened and it was totaled. Back to the hunt… I briefly thought about simply getting another […] -
COAL: 1967 Dodge Dart Sedan Slant-6 – A School Teacher Car
Posted on January 30, 2016 | 64 CommentsIt’s the Summer of 1978 and I am enjoying life in Vermont. As mentioned in last week’s Fiat 124 Sport Spider COAL I traded the little convertible fearing its […] -
COAL: 1996 Lincoln Mark VIII – The Would-Be Keeper
Posted on January 24, 2016 | 59 CommentsIn fall ’04 I’d had enough with the beater ’82 Malibu that I had been driving for the past two years. I was finally feeling like an adult–a couple years […] -
COAL: 1969 and 1979 Fiat 124 Sport Spider
Posted on January 23, 2016 | 37 CommentsThe Fiat 124 Sport Spider was Italian sensuality in automotive form at a price point the little guy could afford. Competing against the MGB and the Alfa Romeo Spider, the […] -
COAL: 2004 Toyota Highlander – My First Car
Posted on January 17, 2016 | 47 Comments(First posted 8/20/2013) I’ve always been a car guy. From naming everything on the road, going to auto shows, collecting car models and brochures, and retaining every bit of information […] -
COAL: 1982 Chevrolet Malibu Classic – Deja Vu All Over Again
Posted on January 17, 2016 | 36 CommentsAfter the Honda handoff, I found myself looking for another car in the fall of 2002. I had graduated college a few months earlier, but the job market for Information […] -
COAL: 2005 Scion xB – My First (And Last?) Toyota – Eleven Years Old And Only One Slightly Annoying Issue
Posted on January 16, 2016 | 82 CommentsI’ve never properly written up my xBox, so given that it’s Toyota Week—and it really is a Toyota—now might be a good time. It’s a bit odd that this is […] -
COAL: 1991 Honda Accord LX – More Than An Appliance
Posted on January 10, 2016 | 41 CommentsAfter the unfortunate demise of my ’91 Crown Vic, fall of 2001 found me looking for new wheels once again. I had a little more cash to spend thanks to […]