![1979 Toyota Corona with 35,000 Miles! (first posted 9/9/2015) Just the other day I was wishing to myself that one could buy a reasonably priced, rear-wheel-drive, manual transmission sedan with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Toyota-1979-corona.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1979 Toyota Corona – When RWD Still Ruled")
![1953-1960 Mack B-20 with Fire Truck Grill Surround When I came upon this Mack B-20 truck in Gaitherburg MD, I couldn’t take my eyes off of it! The shape of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_1495.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Mack B-20 – Skinny Jeans")
![From this… That’s right folks, I am the hated, the misunderstood, the multiple Toyota leasee. I once drove what we all think are interesting cars (including the 1983 Porsche 928S […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/toyota-sienna.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Confessions of a Camry Driver: Matt Spencer’s COAL Series")
![All that glitters is not gold. There is no free lunch. More than meets the eye. Pick your cliche, and it may apply here. The only one that may not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/16176_Front_3-4_Web.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1966 Ford Mustang GT Convertible – All That Glitters Is Not Gold")
![Longitudinally mounted V6, rear wheel drive-based AWD system, double-wishbone front suspension, car-based unibody platform, strut tower brace, huge “Ultraview” moonroof, seven-passenger seating, and luxury touches everywhere. The first-generation Cadillac SRX […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/859_763106_16151859_691315092015.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2009 Cadillac SRX – The Whole Is Slightly Less Than The Sum Of Its Parts")
![In 2005, I was blessed to travel to Majorca, Spain with my father, my now ex-wife and my at the time two children, ages 5 and 3, to visit family […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Rondo-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2009 Kia Rondo, Korean Renault (Or What Americans Don’t Want)")
![It’s 1983, I’m 14 and I need a ride home from a buddy’s house. My buddy’s older brother volunteered to take me home and we hoped in his brand new, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gti-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2003 VW GTI 1.8T, Suddenly It’s 1983!")
![In 1998, I was bitten by the bug of old BMWs fairly hard, and decided to add a 1983 633csi, black over tan interior, with 97,000 miles to my 1974 BMW […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bmw-633csi-1983-manual-black-on-black-163k-original-wheels-americanlisted_30720003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 BMW 633csi, Beginner’s Luck")
![What could possibly go wrong? (Unlike my usual posts, all the car pictures are of my 928) In 2011 I was the happy owner of a 2009 Kia Rondo that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/559.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 Porsche 928S, No Such Thing As A Cheap Porsche")
![Biggest Chevy Ever with the biggest socks ever! In 1989, I went to Newport Beach, California, to work as a sailing instructor for the summer at the Newport Harbor […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1976-Chevy-Caprice-Classic-Coupe.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1976 Chevy Caprice Classic Coupe – Cheap Big California Classic")
![Headlight wipers, asymmetrical mirrors and more! Paul has already done and incredible job of covering the W124 Mercedes, but as it was the only Mercedes I have owned, I hope […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/300ce-ivory.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1993 Mercedes Benz 300E – The End Of The Line For The German Way")
![In the fall of 1998, there was an ad in the Wall Street Journal for a brand new Saab 9-3 lease, for $289/month, with zero down. The ad was for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1999-Saab-9-3-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1999 Saab 9-3, Doomed Despite Distinction")
![I know that car shows are generally considered “cheating” here on Curbside Classic, but this morning when I pulled in to work and saw a Maserati 3500GT in the parking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/FullSizeRender-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1957-1960 Maserati 3500GT – The Italian Thunderbird")
![Japanese Scirocco (I no longer have any pictures of either car I’m writing about; all pictures in this post are from the internet.) I got my first car when […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1979-Honda-Accord-CVCC-Hatchback-5-Speed-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1979 Honda Accord (or Confessions of a Spoiled Rich Kid)")
![My Vote for the Beginning and End of BMW’s Modern Large Drivers’ Cars On the right, we have a 1975 (or 1976) BMW 3.0Si (E3 in BMW parlance), and on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/3.0si-and-740i.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Big BMW Bookends")
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