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COAL Series Archive
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COAL #1: The ’51 DeSoto
Posted on October 22, 2023 | 8 CommentsThe first family car I remember was our ’51 DeSoto. As far as I can tell, the ’51 hasn’t yet had its day in the CC sun, perhaps not […] -
COAL Capsule(s)/Round up: 2012 Perodua Viva and 1999 Nissan Primera – Short Term Cars and a Bit of Reflection
Posted on September 10, 2023 | 22 CommentsThe two cars that feature in this final (for the moment) installment of my COAL series both didn’t stick around long enough to form much of an impression on our […] -
COAL : 1970 Volkswagen Beetle – Full Circle
Posted on September 3, 2023 | 31 CommentsI suppose we could say it was inevitable that a Beetle would feature once again in my COAL chronicles. I’ve had a hankering on and off for for one ever […] -
COAL: 1999 Peugeot 406 Coupe – Grand Touring, the French Way
Posted on August 27, 2023 | 27 CommentsYou’re looking at probably the daftest purchase I’ve made thus far, and in the middle of an economic crisis no less. But the heart wants what it wants, and the […] -
COAL : 1995 Mercedes Benz E200 (W124) – Meet Your Heroes, Part 2
Posted on August 20, 2023 | 35 CommentsThe Mercedes W124 certainly does not need any special introduction on the pages of Curbside. Many of them have been featured over the years and the collective opinion seems unanimous. […] -
COAL, Part 1: Growing Up – One Good Car Then a Whole Lot of Rubbish
Posted on July 12, 2023 | 25 CommentsI think that I only have two memories from when I was three years old. The first was of my dad coming home from work, putting me in his car […] -
COAL Update: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, LOTS of them!
Posted on February 24, 2023 | 17 CommentsWhen I wrote my last COAL post in January 2022, let’s just say I had no idea of the sort of year that was in store for my country as […] -
COAL Update: I hate you, 4Runner. I love you, 4Runner.
Posted on February 14, 2022 | 56 CommentsVehicles engineered toward a specific use can be frustrating when they also must be applied as broad-spectrum transportation. Five years and sixty-thousand miles into our 4Runner ownership, I’ve had […] -
COAL: 1990 BMW 316i – Sensible German Shoes, But Still Pretty Good Fun.
Posted on January 16, 2022 | 21 CommentsLast week’s post generated some healthy discussion and each of the six contenders had plenty of things in their favour and supporters in their corner, but in the end my […] -
COAL: My Search for the Next One – Meet the Contenders
Posted on January 9, 2022 | 43 CommentsAs you read in the previous installment, once I sold the E36 the plan really was to be sensible, stick with the everyday cars and cut back spending, since we […] -
COAL: 1998 BMW 318/328i – Brief Bavarian Interlude
Posted on January 2, 2022 | 4 CommentsThis was not actually a car I ever had any intention of owning. I’ve always liked older BMWs, but the E36 generation 3 series somehow never really struck a chord. […] -
COAL: 1987 Alfa Romeo 33 – Project Car Hell, or How to Own a Car Without Driving it Even Once
Posted on December 26, 2021 | 31 CommentsAlfa Romeo. The name alone is enough to set a car nut’s heart aflutter. So much history, romance, myth and legend encapsulated within those two words. So much in fact, […] -
COAL: 2001 Toyota Hilux Surf (4Runner) – Truck Of A Lifetime, The Second
Posted on December 19, 2021 | 25 CommentsThis particular COAL is the result of the need for a large vehicle capable of family duty intersecting with my wife’s love of the high driving position that only SUV’s […] -
COAL: 2015 Mazda Roadster – Miata is Always The Answer
Posted on December 12, 2021 | 24 CommentsAs you read two weeks ago, by 2017 I had decided to move my XK8 on because although I enjoyed the wind in the hair driving aspect, the car itself […]