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- What do you mean I'm an old man? How did that happen? Last thing I remember I was 16, had just gotten my NYS learner's permit, and was eying used Oldsmobile ads in the local newspaper. And now I've been put out to pasture. That sure went fast.
![(first posted 9/27/2017) Debbie and I try to do a fast four-mile one-hour walk every day after she gets home from work and on weekends. Neither […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/50Buick1-e1506376823647.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Three Red CCs From the 1950s (Well, one is a 1949, and one could be a 1960, but they’re all red)")
![(first posted 8/14/2016) It was mid-September, 2001, and a psychiatrist on the PT Cruiser’s radio was saying that the 9/11 terrorist attacks could prompt people to make their lives more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Taco24FT-e1469738127317.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2013 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab Long Bed – Limousine With A Six Foot Bed.")
![(first posted 8/7/2016) In the summer of 2001 when TIP’s brother-in-law died suddenly while on vacation in Spain, I knew she was terribly upset. At JFK airport she kissed Will […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PTCRRRightSide-e1469113783388.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser – We Get A Good One From Chrysler.")
![(first posted 7/31/2016) I was still traveling to Rikers about twice a week and needed a more inmate proof car to do that in than the Miata, so once again […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2001PassatRightRear34.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2001 Passat GLX 5 Speed – From the Chrysler Frying Pan Into The VW – er – Frying Pan")
![(first posted 7/24/2016) My wife TIP (The Irish Princess) poured forth to the marriage counselor dude we were seeing her litany of complaints about her boring husband: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/MiataTopTrunkUp-e1467937353654.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1999 Miata – A Permanent Solution To A Temporary Marriage")
![(first posted 7/17/2016) (Also a Mini-COAL report on a 1996 Saturn SL2) In early 1990 after the birth of our son, my Dublin born and Manhattan bred wife TIP (The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1996EVTSiRightSide-e1467290186237.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1995 Eagle Vision TSi – All the Fun and Build Quality of a 1957 Chrysler Without the Benefit of TorqueFlite.")
![(first posted 7/10/2016) In late 1986, I had a Manhattan co-op near Union Square, an Irish princess wife, no car, no pool, no pets, and soon no job due to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sable11-e1466693698257.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1990 Mercury Sable Wagon – We Thought We Were Getting A Toyota Camry Wagon")
![(first posted 7/3/2016) In 1982 at the age of 38, just 10 short years since the Tempest/Duster dust up, I was fortunate enough to be able to sell my share […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1982AccordRear34-e1466119640983.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1982 Honda Accord Hatchback – A Simple Car For A Simpler Life")
![(first posted 6/26/2016) In early 1978 I was a regular customer of the local Avis in Manhattan and knew most of their fleet intimately. My partner Steve was still driving […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/280Z3.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1978 Datsun 280Z – Baby Blue Rocket, Old School Driving.")
![(first posted 6/19/2016) I knew the 1967 OHC-6 Tempest wasn’t long for my world when she could barely make it up the east bound ramp of the Verrazano Bridge heading […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1972ImpalaActual1-e1464868777496.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1972 Impala Sedan – Brown-Over-Brown Behemoth")
![Let’s face it, a lot of songs, recent or otherwise, have cars and/or trucks in the lyrics . But sadly, I’ve never owned such a vehicle other than that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/TacomaDump120713-e1469737840291.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: Anyone Out There Who Owns Or Has Owned A Car Mentioned In A Song? – Hell To Pay")
![(first posted 6/12/2016) Minutes after the impact, after I assured the neighbors who came out to investigate the crash that all was OK and there was no need to call […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ttttnb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1967 Tempest, Take Two – It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again")
![(first posted 6/5/2016) In 1971 life was diverging onto two paths: excitement and success on a professional level and confusion and despair on a personal level. Grumman was an exciting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1971DusterRear-e1463658751432.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1971 Plymouth Duster Slant 6 – Bad News From Consumer Reports; Worse News From Home")
![(first posted 5/29/2016) In 1967 Annie and I had the 1961 Comet and the 1964 VW Beetle that I shared with my father as a commuter car to the NYC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/67TempestRear.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1967 Tempest OHC-6 – Nice Work, Pontiac!")
![(first posted 5/22/2016. I forgot to rerun this last Sunday; my apologies) In early 1967 things were humming along better than ever. Shell Oil was a great place to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/vw-cutaway01-e1462490220612.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1964 VW Beetle – Baby, Beetle, and the F-14")
