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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: The Roadster Bus Brings Back The Spark
Posted on September 11, 2015 | 19 CommentsI could write so many COALs, but that would basically inundate this page with Volkswagens and I’ve already told my most important one (my ’59 Beetle) and another on my […] -
COAL: 1988 Saab 900 – A Bit Slow, But Is An 18 Year-Old Going To Complain About Getting A Brand New Car?
Posted on September 6, 2015 | 46 Comments(our plea for new COALmen has been answered, and quickly) In 1988, when I was 18 years old and a freshman in college, I was the lucky recipient of […] -
Reader’s COAL/My Driving Impressions: 1990 Buick Riviera – A Mysterious Buick Fulfilling A Lifelong Dream
Posted on July 15, 2015 | 44 CommentsSeveral months ago, a longtime reader of Curbside Classic, Jeffrey Farias, contacted me about doing an article on his 1990 Buick Riviera. He happens to live nearby and extended the […] -
COAL: 1996 Ford Windstar – Anomaly
Posted on July 11, 2015 | 45 Commentsa·nom·a·ly: something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. I had a Windstar. I drove it for almost 10 years without major problems. It still had the original […] -
COAL: 2006 Mazda Premacy (Mazda 5) – The “It’s A Good Size” Minivan
Posted on June 20, 2015 | 25 CommentsPart of me wonders if the Mazda Premacy is the perfect car. It’s a respectable cargo hauler. When you trade in that cargo capacity for seats, it’s a reasonably […] -
COAL: 2003 Subaru Impreza 1.5 I’s Sport – Adventures in JDM Land, Part 2
Posted on June 6, 2015 | 19 CommentsThis is a 2003 Subaru Impreza 1.5 I’s Sport. The 1.5 means it had the 1.5 liter boxer four underhood, but I have no idea who “I” is or why […] -
COAL: Mitsubishi Minica – Vehicular Hopelessness
Posted on May 30, 2015 | 53 CommentsI have one very distinct memory from my first semester as an assistant language teacher in Japan. On a sunny, beautiful afternoon in early summer before the heat and humidity […] -
COAL: 2002 Subaru Outback – But You Were The Chosen One!
Posted on May 23, 2015 | 33 CommentsI’ve thought long and hard about what kind of article I wanted to write about our Outback. The grayish-greenish-blueish station wagon/SUV-thing was supposed to be our family car for the […] -
COAL: Divertimento (in three parts)
Posted on May 17, 2015 | 23 CommentsAn advantage of not depending on a car for most of your transportation is the chance to try different vehicles as they may present themselves, especially when practicality and reliability […] -
COAL: 1993 Subaru Impreza L: The Allure of the Pleiades
Posted on May 16, 2015 | 28 CommentsI have a bit of an unusual relationship with cars. A 1997 Hyundai Accent sedan is the most romantic car I’ve ever owned, and this one is the most exciting. Yes, […] -
COAL: A Professional Driver’s Comparison of the Maverick, Hornet and Duster
Posted on May 10, 2015 | 82 CommentsThe cars I have described previously (Studebaker Larks,Ford Cortina GT and Ford Mustang) were my personal vehicle and as such required more than just my interest. They necessitated having an […] -
Mother’s Day Feature: The Cars Of My Mother
Posted on May 10, 2015 | 28 Comments(My mom with her “retirement present” 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK 350) Mother’s Day is a day of honoring our mothers and motherly figures in our lives, and recognizing all they do or have […] -
COAL: 1991 Jeep Cherokee Laredo and 1998 Nissan 200SX SE – The Icon and the Poser
Posted on May 9, 2015 | 21 CommentsJust because a car does not have a soul of its own does not mean that you can’t tell when the people behind the car are mailing it in/working just […] -
COAL: 1966 Mustang Convertible – Good Times With Lady Luck
Posted on May 3, 2015 | 13 CommentsSometimes you just get lucky. Around the end of my second year of college a friend of my father decided that his 1966 289 Mustang Convertible just didn’t fit his […] -
COAL: 1997 Hyundai Accent – The Unlikely Romantic
Posted on May 2, 2015 | 31 CommentsA while ago somewhere on the internet, someone put forth the idea that cars do not have souls. They’re just metal and plastic and fabric or whatever mushed together […]