- Website
- http://betterbeaters.blogspot.com/
- Description
- Lifetime SF Bay Area resident. Been messing around with bikes and cars for 45 years. Still doing it and having fun. I like to find the affordable but interesting cars to have fun with. I prefer to drive not idolize my cars. I started a blog a couple of years ago. I can say that I'm learning more and my writing and posting skills are improving .
![Peter Egan has been a contributing editor to Road and Track and Cycle World magazine for so many years. His column “Side Glances” has enriched my life as an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/download-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Commentary: In Praise of Peter Egan.")
![In reality, there is really no conflict between “Real Car Guys” and “Tourists”. One of my favorite blog sites has been “My Jaguar Experience”, which presented a dichotomy of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-vs-them-jpg.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Commentary: “Real Car Guys” vs “Tourists.”")
![Back in the day, people didn’t actually restore old cars. At least not in the way they do today. Nowadays, a restored car means that it has been completely […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/s-l225-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Commentary: Back In The Day, People Didn’t Actually Restore Old Cars")
![Who was this serious looking man and why do I consider him an icon of automotive literature? Like most artists, we remember their work instead of the artists themselves… […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/henrygregorfelsenwithpipe.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Remembering Author Henry Gregor Felsen (1916-1995) – The Granddaddy Of Hot Rodding Novels")
![The Acura Legend had a very long-lasting influence on my thinking. I was already a Japanese car fan, as I liked Nissans and Hondas. Acuras seemed to be the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC03245.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #20: ’97 Acura CL — Almost A Legend In My Mind")
![I don’t think that there will ever be a more beautiful American car built than the ’66 Riviera. I’ve even owned TWO of them! But that was back in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/00M0M_9kOHvUeOy82_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #19: ’97 Buick Riviera — Almost The Last Man Standing")
![I’m sorry, I really wanted to hate these things! I started out that way. Luxury SUVs were a joke in my eyes, an abomination! These were not real Lincolns, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SAM_2571.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #18: ’05 Lincoln Navigator — A Millionaire’s Yacht On Wheels")
![In 1974, ABC broadcast a made for prime time TV movie about a hot rodder who squares off against a sadistic small town Sheriff. It starred two human actors. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SAM_2586.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #17: ’06 Mustang GT — This Is My California Kid!")
![I came very late to the SUV game, and I was actually one of those guys that thought that SUVs were over the top and superfluous. “Most families’ needs […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SAM_0134.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #16: 1997 Ford Explorer – Curiosity Runs In The Family")
![I had never owned a Barn Find or Yard Car… yet. These are currently all the rage, but as a young high school freshman I fantasized about an abandoned […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SAM_0411-Edited-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #15: 1951 Jaguar Mark VII — The Empire Strikes Back!")
![I had thought of my XJS as a long-term project. I had read on the Jaguar Forums that the ’97-’99 Jaguar XJ6 was the most reliable and trouble-free later […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DSC09445.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car Of A Lifetime #14: 1997 Jaguar XJ6L — “Is This What It Feels Like To Be Rich?”")
![It all started innocently enough. I like to visit used bookstores when I’m out of town. My wife and I were staying in Anaheim, and I found the Bookman […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2015-09-02-10.11.23-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car Of A Lifetime #13: 1989 Jaguar XJS — The Desire To Be Legendary")
![My ownership of a new ’07 Mustang led to the purchase of my ’96 Mustang. I found my experience with the ’96 to be quite satisfying, but I still wanted […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mustfender-011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #12: 1970 Mustang — The Trifecta of Undesirability")
![Sometimes you settle for something that you consider, “just good enough.” Usually, this does not turn out to be a satisfying experience, but sometimes there is an unexpected surprise. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SAM_2388.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Hobby Car of a Lifetime #11: ’96 Mustang GT – In Praise Of The Throwaway Car")
