- Description
- Airplane nerd since birth. VW guy since teens. Honda guy since 20s. Retired guy and SAHD currently. Gourmand. Cormudgeon. Smartass.
![After I wrecked my Sentra in 2021, I needed a car fairly quickly for work. I rented a late-model Civic for a few days and shopped around. The Civic was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-27-14.04.20.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 2013 Honda Fit: It Just Fits My Family’s Lifestyle")
![I’ve written before about cars that aren’t mine, or that I didn’t buy- my ex-wife’s Protege, and my current wife’s Sentra. They have their own personal auto-histories, of course, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/boxes.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Our 2003 Honda Element, 2011 Nissan Cube, And Other Cars Of My Other Halves")
![About what it would have looked like when I first saw it, though no tint and no wing. My wife bought her first new car in 2005, a Nissan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0219.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 2005 Sentra – Ups And Downs With Our Unlucky Black Beauty")
![Somehow I have owned two American cars, which is unusual for me and for my family. My wife has only had one, and my parents did have a Pinto […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2014_chevrolet_cruze_f34_top10_82114_1600-4048798719.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 2013 Chevy Cruze: A Short Lived Happy Drive")
![Almost as rough as the one from camp. When I search online for old pickups, they all look so… clean. Though I was never a “truck driver,” I’ve driven […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1985-osh-truck-first-manual.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Trucks I Have Known")
![Foxes! In 1993 I was working full-time at the airport and on the verge of getting married. I felt like I needed a more “grown-up” car than my ‘72 Bus. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/449682122_10233248328128662_888733197948242392_n.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Foxes! – My 1987, 1990, 1993 VW Foxes")
![This story pisses me off every time I tell it. In late 1994, we got my now-ex-wife a ‘95 Mazda Protege. Dark blue, with purple tones in certain light. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cbed6391af820b4baf9b6b516b470bd2-mazda-years-2862461483.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1995 Mazda Protege: Zoom Zoom, Whir, Crunch, And Pop – Lemon Law Protege")
![In the summer of 1993, when the temperature was topping 90 every day and the world was one of swimming pools, sports, and suntans, I was thinking about winter. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_7692.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1972 VW Bus – Basic Transporter")
![In 1989 I graduated college, didn’t have a job lined up, and wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. So I decided to take a trip across the country. The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_7698.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1981 Civic Wagon – The Short Life Of A Desert Rat")
![My first car was a baby blue ‘71 Super Beetle, in 1987. It was payment of a debt; after a bunch of us students helped my high school math teacher […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_7694.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My ’71 Super Beetle – You Always Remember Your First Time")
![First car I remember is my parents’ MG 1100. Dark green. A lot like this one. Looked like a somewhat bigger Mini, pretty much. Big enough for a kid in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/82337999_o-2392851052.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of My Parents")
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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
