![After our 1992 Blazer went back off of lease, I convinced my wife that we were spending too much money on fuel and we should get a small car. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1996-GEO-Prizm-1Y1SK5287TZ052272-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1996 Geo Prizm")
![It was 1976 and my dad needed to buy a decent used car for my sister Sandy. You see, she’d recently gone through a divorce and landed on our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Our 1973 Ford LTD – A Special LTD And My Sister")
![(Update: on first publishing, the Calais in question was wrongly referred to as a ’72 model. Text and images have been updated accordingly.) Back in my childhood days, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1970-Cadillac-03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Our 1970 Cadillac Calais – The Standard Of The World?")
![The year was 2000 and we had bought a new home. However, as we came into the 2001 tax season, we found out that the property tax had tripled. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/53574469124_19d191bce3_k-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1986 Grand Marquis And 1977 Ford LTD – Going For Broke!")
![As I’ve been watching this automotive trend changing, with electric vehicles and so many manufacturers moving to new horizons, I began to think back to a big change that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EYFbxqkXQAcpmCz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1986 Mercury Sable – The Future Car")
![Back in 2006, I was blessed to have a terrific job as a sales manager. It was a job that allowed me to make a yearly bonus. Normally, that money […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1978 Ford Thunderbird Diamond Jubilee – A Story About Two Classics")
![— Dedicated to my dad. As I mentioned in previous articles, my mom never drove. This meant, in Dad’s opinion, that he could just drive a higher-shelf car. However, when […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/unnamed-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1967 Ford Country Squire – Learning To Drive With Dad")
![Please note that this was the first of three Park Avenues. I’ve already written about my favorite –my 1993. The year 1994 was a sad one for me as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/PA-768x433-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1980 Buick Park Avenue – A Test Of Durability")
![We needed a car. I had never tried buying a car online before, since it was still somewhat new in 2010. However, my research showed me a 1993 white […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-08-09-17.38.31.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1993 Buick Park Avenue: Helping a Salesman Start a Career")
![I’ll admit right here, I’m an idiot and make lots of dumb calls in life; all in the name of good intentions. Such was a job I took. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Captura-de-pantallaa-2024-08-02-00.07.13.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1995 Lincoln Town Car – Meet Louis")
![I recently recalled a CC article where the author shared his experiences with driving early 1970s Chevrolet cabs. He went on to tell of their lack of power, handling and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/unnameda.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Work Trucks Of My Lifetime – 1972 Ford F350 And 1973 GMC 7000")
![In my last COAL, I shared that we were a Ford family, but that the Ford motor company was really failing out of favor with all of us. So when […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0294.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1992 Blazer – One Special Blazer")
![I like Ford. They were decent cars, for the most part, until the 1980s set in. After the 1986 Mustang went back from lease, we thought that we’d try Mercury. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-05-22-17.12.31.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1989 Mercury Tracer Wagon — Warranty Pains")
![This car is one that is still in my corral, and while it needs body work it runs very well and has very deep emotions tied to it. The year […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/unnamed-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1976 Lincoln Mark IV Jade/White Luxury Group — A Very Special COAL")
![This should really be listed as a FILOAL for Father In Law Of A Lifetime. I’ve talked about my father in law Paul a few times, but he’s now in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-05-08-19.14.47.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: The Cars Of My Father In Law")
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