![In the early 2010s, my wife and I enjoyed an idyllic life by San Francisco Bay. We both lived and worked in a compact midcentury cottage in Corte Madera and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2016-Volkswagen-Golf-SportWagen-2022.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen SEL – Aus Liebe zum Automobil (#7)")
![For more than 50,000 miles over the span of a few years, my 2003 Toyota Matrix was a loyal companion. It capably carried myself, my girlfriend, and a hatch full […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2006-Toyota-Matrix-XR.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2006 Toyota Matrix XR – Baptism by Fire, Oh What a Feeling! (#6)")
![Toward the end of 2008, the global economy was crashing, and it had plenty of company. I’d slammed headlong into the realities of post-college life, both working professionally and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2003-Toyota-Matrix-XR.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2003 Toyota Matrix XR – New Frontiers (#5)")
![In July 2007, I was poised to graduate college (for the first time) and had just bid adieu to my long-running 1990 Subaru Legacy wagon. Only a month before, my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1997-Subaru-Impreza-Outback-Sport.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1997 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport – Driving Into Adulthood (#4)")
![What do you consider to be your first car? For me, three vehicles could potentially lay claim to the title. My vote goes to a 1990 Subaru Legacy LS wagon. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1991-Mazda-Protege-DX.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1991 Mazda Protegé – My Three “First” Cars (#3)")
![If you ask me to identify my first car, I will answer with no hesitation: A 1990 Subaru Legacy LS wagon. But as I give that answer, I can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1990-Dodge-Spirit-ES.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1990 Dodge Spirit ES – My Three “First” Cars (#2)")
![First cars, like first loves, find our naïve childhood fantasies crashing headlong into the realities of our present. Pinups are out of the question. If you came of age […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1990-Subaru-Legacy-LS-Wagon-Saying-Goodbye.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1990 Subaru Legacy LS – My Three “First” Cars (#1)")
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