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- Tatra87 on Car Show Classic: 1956 Peugeot D4A – Adopt, Adapt And Improve
- Tatra87 on Car Show Classic: 1956 Peugeot D4A – Adopt, Adapt And Improve
- Jim Brophy on Car Show Photo Report: The 2024 Festival Of The Unexceptional – Part 2 – Unexceptional But Exceptional, And Not British
- Jim Brophy on Construction Site Classic: 1973 DAF NAT 2506 6×4 Dump Truck – The Binder Reminder
- Gary on COAL: 1988 Buick LeSabre T-Type – A Young Man Buys An Old Man’s Car
- Gary on COAL: 1988 Buick LeSabre T-Type – A Young Man Buys An Old Man’s Car
- Gary on COAL: 1988 Buick LeSabre T-Type – A Young Man Buys An Old Man’s Car
- Gary on COAL: 1988 Buick LeSabre T-Type – A Young Man Buys An Old Man’s Car
- Gary on COAL: 1988 Buick LeSabre T-Type – A Young Man Buys An Old Man’s Car
- rollfast on Car Show Classic: 1938 Studebaker Commander Convertible
About Author: Gene Liu
Posts by Gene Liu
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Gene Liu’s COAL Series
Posted on April 5, 2023 | 4 CommentsLinks to all of Gene Liu’s CAL series below: -
COAL Twofer – 2019 Kia Niro And 2021 Honda CRV – New Beginnings
Posted on March 29, 2023 | 19 CommentsMy final COAL installment brings us to the present day. After selling the Forester and trading in the MKX, we acquired two new vehicles with the knowledge that we would […] -
COAL – Flashback – The Cars Of My Childhood 2 – 1981 Dodge Omni Miser, The Modern Model T
Posted on March 22, 2023 | 31 CommentsThis COAL series has been a really rewarding journey for me, as I re-live the memories of owning, loving, and occasionally swearing at the cars of my past. I’ve realized […] -
COAL – Flashback – The Cars Of My Childhood 1 – 1977 Dodge Aspen SE – Peak MOPAR Malaise Machine
Posted on March 15, 2023 | 35 CommentsBefore the grand finale of my COAL series I thought I would pause for an interlude to talk about two cars from my formative years. This week is the first. […] -
COAL – 2011 Lincoln MKX – The Goldilocks SUV, Not Too Small, Not Too Big, Just Right
Posted on March 8, 2023 | 39 CommentsOur garage in 2015 contained my Fusion and the Subaru Forester as described in the previous COAL. My wife, now gainfully employed at Ford, was driving the Fusion while I […] -
COAL – 2010 Subaru Forester – Green, It’s What Makes A Subaru, A $ubaru
Posted on March 1, 2023 | 39 CommentsThe new company that I joined after leaving GM decided that my prior experience working in China was useful, so they proceeded to send me and the family back to […] -
COAL: 2006 Ford Fusion – My Second Favorite
Posted on February 22, 2023 | 22 CommentsIn late 2004 GM sent me on a 3 year assignment in China, bringing the whole family along. We sold our house and our vehicles, and settled into expat life […] -
COAL – 2001 Pontiac Montana – Yes, Lemons Come In Red Too
Posted on February 15, 2023 | 39 CommentsThere comes a time in many a growing family’s life when function rules over style and getting a minivan was in order. That was the realization that my wife and […] -
COAL – 2001 Chevy Malibu – It Was Good Enough For Me
Posted on February 8, 2023 | 41 CommentsIn 2001 my rapidly growing family outgrew the Pontiac Sunfire coupe that had served us faithfully and reliably for 6 years. We had a GMC Jimmy that was about to […] -
COAL: 1996 GMC Jimmy – I Jump On And Then Fall Off The SUV Bandwagon
Posted on February 1, 2023 | 30 CommentsMy Beretta GTZ had been an enjoyable car but going on 6 years the Quad 4 engine was starting to emit the little telltale wisps of white smoke signaling an […] -
COAL: 1995 Pontiac Sunfire – I “Married” A Sunfire And Came To Love It, Grudgingly
Posted on January 25, 2023 | 20 CommentsMy first years working at GM I was assigned to work on the much maligned J-car Chevrolet Cavalier. But by 1990 it was much improved from when it was originally […] -
COAL: 1995 Saturn SW2 – My Brief Fling With The Enemy
Posted on January 18, 2023 | 33 CommentsIt was 1996 and I was the not-so-proud owner of a lumbering GMC Jimmy. That will be the subject of another COAL, but suffice to say that once the new […] -
COAL – 1990 Chevrolet Beretta GTZ – Trying Hard To Be A Genuine Sports Coupe
Posted on January 11, 2023 | 21 Commentsphoto by W. Stopford It was June 1990, and I had just graduated from grad school and started my first week as an engineer at General Motors. For someone […] -
COAL: 1980 Honda Civic GL1500 – You’ll Never Forget Your First Love
Posted on January 4, 2023 | 25 Comments(Welcome Gene, our new Wednesday COALer) In my 2nd year of college, I scored an engineering internship at a company out of state, in neighboring Indiana. That meant that I needed […]