![In January 2026, I was on my way to work when I spotted a familiar gold BMW sitting on the local lemon lot. It was a 1989 BMW 735i, nearly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cover-1200-115x115.jpg "1989 BMW 735i: You Can Go Home Again")
![Some cars are difficult to find. Others are difficult to import. The 2001 Toyota Origin managed to be both. Toyota built just 1,073 of these peculiar little luxury sedans, none […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cover-115x115.jpg "My 2001 Toyota Origin: Heavy is the Crown — A Rare Japanese Luxury Car Comes to America")
![As we move away from the pandemic, many of the things I have always wanted seem to fall into my lap. During the pandemic, my parents bought a travel trailer […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Final-Cover-115x115.jpg "My 1987 Intervec Falcon: Cheap Hotel Room on Wheels")
![In June 2024, my lovely wife spotted a 1989 Suburban Silverado in the local lemon lot for the princely sum of $2000. The interior was about as clean as a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Cover-1200-115x115.jpg "My $2,000 1989 Chevrolet Suburban: Cheap, Huge and Nearly Indispensable")
![All car enthusiasts have a bucket list of cars we must either own or drive before we die. This is not news to anyone reading this, and I suspect most […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Midget-1200-115x115.jpg "My 1973 MG Midget — From Childhood Dream to Estate-Sale Impulse Purchase")
![My wife’s 1996 Subaru Vivio Bistro was done for. After two front-end collisions, I was done with it and so was L. We needed a new car, and we needed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Alden-Jewell-Terraza-poster-1200-115x115.jpg "My 2005 Buick Terraza: Beggars Can’t Be Choosers… Mostly")
![In April 2023, I was in crisis mode. We had gone from three functional cars to one functional Kei car. The Z3 had been rear-ended the month before and was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Red-River-1200-115x115.jpg "My 1996 Mitsuoka Galue I: The Oddball Japanese Sedan That Became Our Family Car")
![I’ve owned my 2002 BMW Z3 for fourteen years, although I don’t think I fully appreciated that fact while it was happening. For most of that time, it was simply […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Z3-in-California-1200-115x115.jpg "My 2002 BMW Z3 Part II: My Oldest Friend")
![I am still angry about this one. In 2022, rather than import a slightly larger, more powerful car to serve in family duty, I decided to buy a car already […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/FIll-my-heart-with-rage-115x115.jpg "My 2003 BMW 760Li: When “Needs Nothing” Means “Needs Everything”")
![Owning a Japanese kei car in the United States is an adventure most drivers never experience. When skyrocketing used-car prices led me to import a 1996 Subaru Vivio Bistro from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cover-Image-1200-115x115.jpg "My 1996 Subaru Vivio Bistro: A Tiny Japanese Kei Car Takes on American Roads")
![Luxury versions of ordinary Fords have produced mixed results over the years. The Lincoln Versailles became (in)famous as an upscale Granada that never quite justified its price, while three decades […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Cover-Image-115x115.jpg "My 2008 Lincoln Mark LT — The Luxury F-150 That Time Forgot")
![Most of us never see our old cars again after watching them disappear down the road with their new owners. Every once in a while, though, fate offers a second […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Homecoming-115x115.jpg "My 1988 BMW 735i: The Car That Came Back When I Needed It Most")
![Some cars are memorable because they’re fast, beautiful, or historically significant. Others earn a place in your memory simply because of the people and moments attached to them. C’s battered […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-Van-Himself-1200-e1783630427545-115x115.jpg "My Friend’s 2000 Voyager, The “Taco Express” — A Forgettable Minivan I’ll Never Forget")
![To make sure I could get to college in Las Cruces, some 300 miles away, it was clear I would need a newer, more dependable car. One afternoon, while killing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cover-1200-2-115x115.jpg "My 2002 BMW Z3: The Best Car I Have Ever Owned Arrived When I Needed It Most")
![In the summer of 2010, my father bought the first M car he would own; a 1988 M5. This was just before the cost of M cars skyrocketed, and the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/M5-in-Driveway-1200-115x115.jpg "My Father’s 1988 BMW M5: Learning To Drive Stick in The Ultimate BMW")
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