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About Author: Len Peters
Posts by Len Peters
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COAL: 2006 Pontiac Wave (Chevy Aveo/Daewoo Kalos) – The Worst New Car Of A Lifetime
Posted on July 15, 2012 | 74 CommentsGM Canada has a long tradition of Canada-only cars, and one of them was the Pontiac Wave, a badge-engineered Chevrolet Aveo, which in turn was a very thinly disguised Daewoo […] -
COAL: Summer Edition – Beaters I Have Known But Not Exactly Loved
Posted on July 8, 2012 | 25 CommentsAs summer has finally descended upon the Wet Coast of the Great White North, and having dug myself out of five meters of late spring snow, here is a […] -
COAL: My 2000 Acura TL – A Modern Day Q-Ship
Posted on July 1, 2012 | 54 CommentsThe term Q-Ship originally referred to a Royal Navy war ship in merchant-vessel disguise. When a U-Boat would approach and open fire, the Q-Ship would drop its screens and […] -
COAL: 1990 Chevrolet Caprice Iraqi 9C1 – How GM Canada’s Skunkworks And Saddam Hussein Enriched And Saved My Life
Posted on June 24, 2012 | 43 Comments(Editor’s note: the veracity of this autobiographical story cannot be verified. A number of those familiar with these cars in general are adamant that there never was such a car […] -
COAL: 1990 Honda Accord LX – Sublime Perfection
Posted on June 17, 2012 | 82 CommentsWith the Buick gone, I spent the summer riding my Seca 650, which was a very fine bike with a particularly nice exhaust note. However, riding season on the Wet […] -
COAL: 1978 Buick LeSabre Custom…The One I Should Have Kept
Posted on June 10, 2012 | 55 CommentsMine was the same, except I had rallye wheels With the Jetta gone from memory, I spent the summer riding around on my Yamaha XJ750RL, which was an excellent sport-tour […] -
COAL: 1986 VW Jetta – Fahrvergnügen Gone Bad
Posted on June 3, 2012 | 80 CommentsWhat I wanted my Jetta to look like Cars have always been a passion of mine since early childhood; quite likely because my Dad also loved cars too. Unfortunately, Dad […] -
COAL: 1978 VW Rabbit Diesel – Bunny Tales
Posted on May 27, 2012 | 19 CommentsOne of the good things about being associated with the car business is that you will never be without wheels for any length of time; there is always something kicking […] -
Cars Of (Another) Lifetime: 1974 Toyota Corolla – Nothing Quite Like The First Love
Posted on May 20, 2012 | 53 Comments[ED: Len Peters (Canucknucklehead) has agreed to take over the Sunday Cars Of A Lifetime slot. We’re still mulling over the title of the series: keep it or change it?] […] -
The GM B-Body: A Love Song In B Major
Posted on July 12, 2011 | 142 CommentsI grew up a car nut, from a long line of car nuts and I consider myself the world’s leading authority on the GM B Body of 1977-1996. Why is […]
![COAL: 2006 Pontiac Wave (Chevy Aveo/Daewoo Kalos) – The Worst New Car Of A Lifetime GM Canada has a long tradition of Canada-only cars, and one of them was the Pontiac Wave, a badge-engineered Chevrolet Aveo, which in turn was a very thinly disguised Daewoo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/January-003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: Summer Edition – Beaters I Have Known But Not Exactly Loved As summer has finally descended upon the Wet Coast of the Great White North, and having dug myself out of five meters of late spring snow, here is a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1989_Oldsmobile_Cutlass_Ciera_International_Series_sedan-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: My 2000 Acura TL – A Modern Day Q-Ship The term Q-Ship originally referred to a Royal Navy war ship in merchant-vessel disguise. When a U-Boat would approach and open fire, the Q-Ship would drop its screens and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Acura-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1990 Chevrolet Caprice Iraqi 9C1 – How GM Canada’s Skunkworks And Saddam Hussein Enriched And Saved My Life (Editor’s note: the veracity of this autobiographical story cannot be verified. A number of those familiar with these cars in general are adamant that there never was such a car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/9C1.2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1990 Honda Accord LX – Sublime Perfection With the Buick gone, I spent the summer riding my Seca 650, which was a very fine bike with a particularly nice exhaust note. However, riding season on the Wet […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG048.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1978 Buick LeSabre Custom…The One I Should Have Kept Mine was the same, except I had rallye wheels With the Jetta gone from memory, I spent the summer riding around on my Yamaha XJ750RL, which was an excellent sport-tour […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/04-1977Lesabre.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1986 VW Jetta – Fahrvergnügen Gone Bad What I wanted my Jetta to look like Cars have always been a passion of mine since early childhood; quite likely because my Dad also loved cars too. Unfortunately, Dad […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Jetta-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1978 VW Rabbit Diesel – Bunny Tales One of the good things about being associated with the car business is that you will never be without wheels for any length of time; there is always something kicking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CC-114-048-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars Of (Another) Lifetime: 1974 Toyota Corolla – Nothing Quite Like The First Love [ED: Len Peters (Canucknucklehead) has agreed to take over the Sunday Cars Of A Lifetime slot. We’re still mulling over the title of the series: keep it or change it?] […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CC-23-043-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The GM B-Body: A Love Song In B Major I grew up a car nut, from a long line of car nuts and I consider myself the world’s leading authority on the GM B Body of 1977-1996. Why is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-13-024-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


