![…Rather Have a Buick?” was one of Buick Motor Division’s memorable advertising slogans. A question posed to me about Buick’s desirability was: John’s looking for a home for his 1963 Riviera, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CC-Riv-Lead-Shot-e1558861276231.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1963 Buick Riviera – “Wouldn’t You Really…")
![Visualize, it’s 1964, you’re around ten years old, and have just disembarked from the school bus, when a station wagon drives slowly by. At first glance it appears like an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CC-SW-Sunset-Cliffs-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1967 Buick Sport Wagon – Forty Years of Sky Roofs")
![(COAL series continues, in reverse chronological order) It was finally time for my first new car. A fan of Volkswagens, alas, nothing at the VW dealer stirred emotion. While away on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Passat-97-CC-Lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1997 VW Passat Wagon – The Black Turtleneck")
![At the dealership for unscheduled service on my ’97, I don’t quite know what came over me. With around 80,000 miles and this unwelcome mechanical problem, I began to question […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-14-at-9.06.52-PM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2001.5 VW Passat Wagon – Living Large?")
![Corporate life was over. After about twenty years with the same family-owned commercial printing firm, a resignation was submitted. We had been bought out, the shop closed, and friends-associates, except […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Element-CC-car-wash.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2004 Honda Element EX – Through Thick and Thin")
![(welcome our newest Sunday COAL series, which will be published in reverse chronological order. We were noting the lack of any exposure of the S2000 here recently; no more) Celebrating […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/S2000-CC-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2006 Honda S2000 – Lucky Deuce")
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