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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Mark Jeanerette
Posts by Mark Jeanerette
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My 1987 BMW 325is – Meals on Wheels Led to This Deal
Posted on August 8, 2024 | 14 CommentsThe call came on my cell phone when I was at work. “Is this Mark Jeanerette? I’m with your mother…she’s in her car upside down.” -
![When the lease on my SE-R was up, rather than replacing it with another new, or newish, car, I went completely the other way and replaced it with the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vovlo-740GLE-blue.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My 1985 Volvo 740GLE – Years Ahead of the Germans")
My 1985 Volvo 740GLE – Years Ahead of the Germans
Posted on July 26, 2024 | 17 CommentsWhen the lease on my SE-R was up, rather than replacing it with another new, or newish, car, I went completely the other way and replaced it with the […] -
![I’ve been blogging about some of my cars but I haven’t even touched on the trucks I’ve owned. That’s because none of them inspire me to write about them. My […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Montero-at-Penry.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My 2002 Mitsubishi Montero: If You Can’t Print Money With an SUV in the 21st Century, What Are You Even Doing?")
My 2002 Mitsubishi Montero: If You Can’t Print Money With an SUV in the 21st Century, What Are You Even Doing?
Posted on July 14, 2024 | 19 CommentsI’ve been blogging about some of my cars but I haven’t even touched on the trucks I’ve owned. That’s because none of them inspire me to write about them. My […] -
![After turning my E39 BMW 540i back over to my aunt, I still had an itch for another modern BMW, but something smaller, with a stick shift. I turned my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_20120722_151818.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My BMW 323 Ci — Time to Invoke the Nuclear Option")
My BMW 323 Ci — Time to Invoke the Nuclear Option
Posted on July 5, 2024 | 17 CommentsAfter turning my E39 BMW 540i back over to my aunt, I still had an itch for another modern BMW, but something smaller, with a stick shift. I turned my […] -
![It was about 1986 when a coworker at the Schwinn shop where I fixed bikes asked me if I wanted to buy his Hornet wagon. Having already been burned by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Hornet-front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1976 AMC Hornet Sportabout — The Color of Sad")
1976 AMC Hornet Sportabout — The Color of Sad
Posted on June 22, 2024 | 23 CommentsIt was about 1986 when a coworker at the Schwinn shop where I fixed bikes asked me if I wanted to buy his Hornet wagon. Having already been burned by […] -
COAL: 1983 Volvo 240DL Wagon – In Bosch We Trust
Posted on June 15, 2024 | 18 CommentsI bought this car because one day it took forever to get my hair cut. -
![In 1985 my grandmother died and was to be buried in her birthplace, North Carolina, beside her deceased husband. I never met that grandfather; the closest I came to anything […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/her-car.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1967 Mercury — Help, I’m Trapped in a Truman Capote Novel")
COAL: 1967 Mercury — Help, I’m Trapped in a Truman Capote Novel
Posted on June 8, 2024 | 25 CommentsIn 1985 my grandmother died and was to be buried in her birthplace, North Carolina, beside her deceased husband. I never met that grandfather; the closest I came to anything […] -
![My aunt has pretty good taste in cars. An MGB, a Volvo 740GLE, a Toyota 4Runner and a VW Passat wagon are some of the vehicles that have passed through […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_20111008_151040.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: BMW 540i — The Devil Is In The Detailing")
COAL: BMW 540i — The Devil Is In The Detailing
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 11 CommentsMy aunt has pretty good taste in cars. An MGB, a Volvo 740GLE, a Toyota 4Runner and a VW Passat wagon are some of the vehicles that have passed through […] -
COAL: 1980 Datsun 310GX – North, Miss Teschmacher, North!
Posted on April 27, 2024 | 13 CommentsMy first COAL made passing reference to my 1980 Datsun 310GX, so I might as well close the loop and write that car up, too. -
![I’m honored to submit my first COAL installment, and where better to start than with the first (and only) new car I ever signed my name to, a 1991 Nissan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1991-landscape-1459178887-ser.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R – Fun Car, SE-Rious Problems")
COAL: 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R – Fun Car, SE-Rious Problems
Posted on March 23, 2024 | 31 CommentsI’m honored to submit my first COAL installment, and where better to start than with the first (and only) new car I ever signed my name to, a 1991 Nissan […]
