![Well, here we are, with granddad’s Olds Delta 88. A ’72, I think. Left to right, it’s Mom, my great-grandmother, my grandmother, and me. Summer of 1981, waiting forever for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/scan0028.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1976 Olds 98 Regency – This Is Your Grandfather’s Oldsmobile")
![Happy Thanksgiving! For this installment of COAL hunting via Facebook, you might want to call your local snake charmer. And if you are headed to the Toyota website, take some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/SNAKECHARMER.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Hunting: Beware Of Wildlife")
![I’ve been on the Facebook marketplace for kicks. It does have some merit I’m sure; after all, I did find my used AMG wheels there. Let’s take a virtual tour […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_1222.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Hunting: Here We Go Again")
![I would love to attach lots of real photos of Bertha, who still very much lives with us. But it has rained for what seems like weeks now and she’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/S550-lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550 – Bertha Benz Rides Again")
![When I was a teenager, I LOVED to pick up any newsprint auto trader publications I found. Some were free, and some charged. My dad would bring them home for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_0839.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Hunting: The Facebook Classifieds")
![As everyone knows, Mercedes-Benz was whipsawed in the 1990’s first by Lexus, then BMW’s growing luxury bona fides, and finally Audi emerging from the shadows and taking ever more market […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/S500-lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2000 Mercedes-Benz S500 – When Life Hands You Lemons…..")
![The whole Audi 5000/60 Minutes debacle is a story unto itself. For rescue COAL hunters like myself, the 1986 broadcast had the fortunate side effect of depressing Audi resale values […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/audi-5000-lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Audi A6 – Depreciation by CBS News")
![I guess you could also title this “Same song sung in a different key”. I enjoyed the 1988 300SEL a lot, but who wouldn’t jump at the chance for the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/MB560-lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1986 Mercedes Benz 560SEL – The Banker’s Hot Rod")
![(White 300SEL shots are of my younger son’s former car, which met an untimely death by his hands, but not before I had a chance to drive it. A story […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/W126-lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1988 Mercedes Benz 300SEL – Does Size Really Matter?")
![Let’s take a break from my “rescue” COALs as some commenters have called them. I like that name, it is indeed more accurate than “beater” COALs. We’ll visit the current […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lexus-lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2016 Lexus ES350 – Wouldn’t You Rather Have a Japanese Buick?")
![Happy Sunday! I took an accidental sabbatical last week due to moving my oldest back to her sophomore year of college. She took the LR4, so I have recently picked […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/MB-300D-T-lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1984 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbodiesel – One More Time, With Feeling")
![While the 450SEL was fun, it wasn’t intended to be a long term keeper. I was driving past a small, one man used car lot several times a month. And […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Mercedes-300D.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1980 Mercedes Benz 300D – Slow and Steady Wins the Race")
![The 2011 LR4 I have written about came with a wonky iPhone cord…..that plugs into a dedicated port in the center console. It allowed you to charge and play music […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/charger.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Tech: Adding a USB Charger, and Random Shade Tree Musings.")
![This starts my “beater” COAL series. About the time we had the 1998 Jimmy, I started with a long line of somehow distressed used cars that attracted my interest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Mercedes-450SEL.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1978 Mercedes Benz 450SEL – Grey Market Special")
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