![As the saying goes, every car has a story. And the 1978 Thunderbird Diamond Jubilee we owned for a while has several. Bought as a Valentine’s Day gift in 1978, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/unnamed-6-115x115.jpg "My 1978 Thunderbird Diamond Jubilee, Part 2: Saving a Thunderbird’s Story, One Owner at a Time")
![In a previous post, I shared about how I needed rescue from a 2006 Impala SS (a curious purchase that I refer to as “my midlife crisis car”) that had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/626372501_3183169698544309_5963615901331130793_n-115x115.jpg "My TWO 2007 Buick Lucernes – Twice The Comfort, Twice The Trouble")
![Cream puff: A classic French dessert consisting of a light, crisp and airy hollow shell filled with whipped cream or ice cream. Hardly the way to describe a car. Yet […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/001-9-57834-115x115.webp "1976 Cadillac Sedan DeVille: My Dad’s Last Cadillac- A Cream Puff Or A Lemon?")
![Readers who follow my posts may or may not remember a previous post I had on our 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis. On that occasion, I shared an ancillary fun story […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/unnamed-1.jpg "Our 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis: Priceless Family Heirloom")
![I turned 47 in 2011, an age at which many are said to go through a midlife crisis. Perhaps, though mine was exclusively car related! It was the year when […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-12-10-16.30.57-115x115.png "My 2007 Chevrolet Impala SS: My Three Months With a Midlife Crisis Mistake")
![2009 was a very rough time for many people. For myself, it marked the end of my 10 years with Lowe’s. The send off was wonderful, with a gold […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-25-14.38.33.jpg "My 2001 Ford Ranger XLT – It Gave Its All")
![Cindy and I had never owned a Chrysler product before, but I was a fan of Lee Iacocca just from watching him fix Chrysler. And by the early 2000s, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/unnamed.jpg "My 1993 Plymouth Grand Voyager – Enjoying Chrysler’s Best-Seller")
![GMC Sierra image from bidcars.com. As I told in an earlier chapter, I had replaced my Lemon Law ’98 Chevy Cheyenne with a ’99 GMC Sierra. Staying within GM was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-04-03-17.45.42.jpg "My 1999 GMC Sierra – Closing The GM Chapter Of My Life (For Now)")
![1989 Civic image from the brochure. I have an unusual gift of telling a good vehicle from a bad one by “the seat of my pants.” Seriously, I can’t tell […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-04-18-16.04.55.jpg "Buying A 1989 Civic – Steering a Friend Away From a Bad Car Deal to a Great Car Deal")
![GMC Sierra image from bidcars.com. After returning my ‘98 Cheyenne pickup to the dealer after a short and troublesome ownership (my Lemon Law chapter), I now needed to replace it. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-04-03-17.45.17.jpg "My 1999 GMC Sierra – One Lemon Later, Yet Back Into The GM Fold")
![Mom always told me to be kind to others. And the obligatory: “If you can’t say something nice, then say nothing at all.” With God’s help and practicing kindness, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/unnamed.jpg "My 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis: My Kindness Comes In Different Forms")
![Like a Rock? — C/K truck image from the 1998 Buyer’s Guide. To bring you up to speed, by 1997 we were driving a ’97 Blazer, and my beloved ‘80 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-02-24-00.05.49.jpg "My 1998 Chevrolet Cheyenne – Learning The Lemon Law")
![’97 Blazer image from period advertising. I’m proud of my driving. I’ve honed my skills and driven some just under 3 million miles with only one chargeable accident and two […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-02-06-19.35.44.jpg "My 1997 Chevrolet Blazer – When The Need For A New Vehicle Comes At Unexpected Times")
![1979 Caprice Classic image from the Cohort by Foden Alpha. I decided to count the total number of vehicles I’ve owned in my life and was not too surprised that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-01-25-00.35.29.jpg "A Sprinkling Of Short Owned Cars")
![A little while back, I wrote about a wonderful ’81 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham that Cindy and I had received from her grandparents; Louis and Molly. Cindy’s grandparents were such wonderful […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/5102266412_23b911e871_k.jpg "My 1985 Mercury Marquis – A Gift With The Best Intentions (And When Best Intentions Go Wrong)")
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