![Knowing this Countryman from so many encounters with Marvin over the years, I’d rather forgotten that it’s a bit unusual for our own country. As you can see, Marvin is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/081812125425.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Marvin’s Mini Countryman")
![While some of us might like our backside shuttered up nicely, there are apparently those of us who are a bit more “open” about it. “New for nineteenth-seventy-seven, the Vista-View […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/083112145334-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outttake: In Through The Back Door")
![Paul’s recent post of the beautiful Chrysler T&C brought back a memory of this Subaru. We saw it on our way through Washington and I snapped a quick pick of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/072112130331.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Who Needs a Junkyard When You Have A Wood Shop?")
![I saw this rig pulled in at a local tire shop; note the tractor tire on the back of the trailer, I doubt it would work as a spare on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/080112123133.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: A Dog House For Those Born To Be Wild")
![Well we finally got enough sun here in Oregon to go to the beach a few weekends ago. As usual, there was a lovely assortment of cars driving about to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DSCF7302-e1338736807473.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: A Day at the Beach")
![Sorry for the crummy pictures but I only had my crummy phone. As you might know, a 1968 142S was my first car, which makes it particularly endearing to me. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Image-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1968 Volvo 142S")
![As frequent readers will recall, in my last post I talked about researching and inspecting your prospective purchase. In this, the final post, I will talk about test driving and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_0396.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "How to Buy a Used Car in Three Not So Easy Steps or Do as I Say, Not as I Do- Part Three")
![In this second part of How to Buy a Used Car in Three not so Easy Steps, I will be talking about research and initial inspection. Last time I covered […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1969_Fastback_Mustang_used_car.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "How to Buy a Used Car in Three not so Easy Steps or Do as I Say, Not as I Do – Part Two")
![After writing Cars of a Lifetime every Sunday for the last year, I realized I have bought a lot of used cars! Not just the ones I owned, some of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Car-salesman.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "How to Buy a Used Car in Three Not So Easy Steps or Do as I Say, Not as I Do- Part One")
![Many folks don’t understand the stepside pickup. At one time, that’s all you could get, until Chevrolet introduced the Fleetside on its 1958 model Apache. The shortbed stepside has been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7128904343_0b6661e804_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "What Ever Happened to the Long Bed Stepside Pickup?")
![Over the past year or so I have written a COAL every Sunday. It has been a lot of fun (most of the time) and I really appreciate Paul for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG0018.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of A Lifetime: So Long And Farewell")
![Well, I went and did it again. Yes that’s right, the last car in this author’s Cars of a Lifetime is another Land Rover. A sickness you say? Well, yes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DSCF7202.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of A Lifetime: 2000 Land Rover Discovery II SE7 – Oops, I Did It Again")
![If one doesn’t want to spend a fortune on a safe, efficient, and roomy ride for their family, what choices does one have? Sure you could get a minivan; but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1988-1991_Volvo_240_GL_station_wagon_2011-06-15_01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of A Lifetime: 1987 Volvo 245 – Practically Sensible and Serenely Safe")
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