![While Japanese cars still commanded a premium in 1989, though not as much as in 1984, there were a few Asian cars that were not really on anyone’s radar. They […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1989-Dodge-Colt-E-Side-View.jpg "COAL: 1989 Dodge Colt E – Somewhere Over the Mitsubishi Bridge")
![Now that my parents had seen the promised land of Japanese quality with our 1983 Nissan Sentra, they were ready to jump in with both feet by ditching their second […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1984-Nissan-Stanza-GL-Front.jpg "COAL: 1984 Nissan Stanza GL – Mom & Dad vs. Voluntary Export Restraints")
![As I had mentioned near the end of The Cars of My Father, after suffering through five years with their 1978 Plymouth Horizon, my parents felt that it was time […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1983-Nissan-Sentra-XE-Side.jpg "COAL: 1983 Nissan Sentra Coupe XE – Not American")
![Impatience can cost you dearly. With your spouse, it can lead to a nasty argument. At a restaurant, you could end up with pee in your soup. At work, it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1979-Mercury-Zephyr-front-view.jpg "COAL: 1979 Mercury Zephyr – White Trash")
![(welcome our new Sunday COAL series contributor Adam Dixon) Unfortunately, none of you know me because my job and life are not conducive to commenting. I usually don’t get to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1961-Beetle-Cabriolet.jpg "COAL: The Cars of My Father")
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