- Description
- Lifelong car enthusiast, competing in autocross since 2011. Currently a senior editor in strategic communications for higher ed, but retiring soon (hopefully)!
![General Motors surely earned its lousy reputation in the 80s and early 90s. Some might say it’s never recovered. Pushing out half-baked products — the X cars, Oldsmobile diesels, multiple […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/91_Corsica_July_1991_cropped-115x115.jpg "My 1991 Chevrolet Corsica — Better Than Its Reputation")
![My no-longer-trusty ’74 Toyota Celica had managed to get me from Texas to Arizona. Still, once I had my first real, post-college job as a marketing copywriter, my next priority […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/hyun_usa_33760-1-115x115.jpeg "My 1989 Hyundai Excel GS — The Best Car I Could Afford Wasn’t Particularly Good")
![The last picture of my Celica, taken right before I traded it in. February 1989 in Mesa, Arizona. I knew exactly what I wanted for my first car: a used […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_4465-1-115x115.jpeg "My 1974 Toyota Celica ST — The 100,000 Mile Nervous Breakdown")
![I have loved cars for as long as I can remember. And it started with a 1964 Chevrolet Impala — the car I grew up with, learned to drive in, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Dad_Gary_Nellie_1970-tweaked-115x115.jpg "From Nellie to Betty: My Lifelong Love Affair With the 1964 Impala")
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American Brands: GM 
American Brands: Ford 
American Brands: Chrysler 
American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
Automotive Histories and Misc. 
Asian Brands 
UK Brands 
Australian Brands 
European Brands 
Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
Buses 
Trucks, Pickups and Vans 
Design 
Trains, Planes & Ships 
Motorcycles, Trikes, Bicycles 
Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment 
RVs, Motorhomes, Trailers, Campers
