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- Drives an Alfa Romeo Giulietta and a 1996 Alfa Romeo Spider when the suns shines at the weekend. Gradate of Coventry University, Britain's Detroit.
![My wife and I have recently been to New Zealand, for a second trip. The on road sightings will form some later posts, but these are too good to wait […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DSC00283.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "In Motion Classics: New Zealand: Great Place, Great Cars")
![The CC Cohort continues to attract and collect a huge range of vehicles, from the ultra-desirable, intriguing, ordinary but lasting and just plain, well, odd. Like this – a 1989 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/47674739861_1d3cc0e555_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1989 Reliant Rialto For Sale in Paris – Good Luck With That")
![A wet British Sunday (“Again?” I hear you say). Let’s instead remember a wet French Sunday. Going to our favourite Sunday market in south west France, there was clearly an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_0162.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "A Gathering of Vintage French Cars: When a Wet Sunday Can Be A Good Thing")
![The motor show was always a good opportunity to show off the new wares of the industry. This is less of the case now than it was, of course, with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Minx1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Motor Show Outtake: 1948 Hillman Minx: Look Into the Future With The X-Ray Minx")
![(first posted 5/9/2014) I love car museums. They are great places to see some of the most interesting engineering creations of the last 120 years in the flesh, properly preserved […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Airport-van-group.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: On The Ramp, Waiting For A VC10, A DC-10, Or Maybe Concorde")
![The Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum (Transport Section of the German Museum) is the transport history and technology section of the national Deutsches Museum of Science and Technology, itself in central Munich. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DSC00090.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Report: Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum, Bavariapark, Munich")
![I haven’t posted a QOTD for a while, and looking at these pictures from the CC Cohort of a Zhiguli 2101, posted by kevin_xyxl, there seemed to more questions than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/45511938114_f70c139333_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake/QOTD: A Zhiguli 2101 in New York Raises Questions")
![Having a loan car whilst your own car is being serviced is a standard these days. Often, you’ll get an entry level Fiesta, Polo or other marque consistent model; if […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/WP_20181009_16_04_39_Rich_LI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Loan Car Outtake: 2003 Alfa Romeo 156 Sportwagen 1.8 16V Twin Spark – Oh, And My Car Service Was Also Completed")
![At CC, as a Curbivore I have various duties, primarily associated with European classics and the nostalgia of motors and motoring. But my real role in life, the reason I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/WP_20181009_16_42_58_Rich_LI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1980 Rover 3500 – Fulfilling My Duty To The CC Community")
![Such is the competition for a good day out that a preserved steam railway has these days, many organise an additional attraction or event to supplement the working steam locomotive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1958-riley2.6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Photo Report: At The Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway")
![Many of us have been there: Booked a holiday or a flight, and reserved a hire car to collect at the airport. Sometimes, if you’re brave or optimistic, you specify […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WP_20180625_11_24_14_Pro_LI.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Rental Car Blues: Have You Ever Been Disappointed By A Holiday Hire Car? There Is A Solution")
![(Originally posted 5 August 2018) Yesterday CC saw the highlights of the UK brands at the Festival of the Unexceptional and the Concours de l’Ordinaire. Today, it’s time to look […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC08825-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Report – The 2018 Festival Of The Unexceptional Featuring The Concours De L’Ordinaire – Part 2 – The European and Japanese Brands")
![(Originally posted 4 August 2018) Car shows come in all shapes and sizes, from the adhoc gathering outside a pub on a summer evening with relaxed, informal conversation to the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC08860-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC’s Best of 2018: Car Show Report – The 2018 Festival Of The Unexceptional Featuring The Concours De L’Ordinaire – Part 1 – The UK Brands")
![Last Monday, I did what everyone who transfers from driving a petrol fuelled car to a diesel fuelled car, or has a mixed fuel fleet, always dreads. I misfuelled my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/WP_20180710_10_42_05_Pro_LI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: Have You Ever Made A Really Stupid Mistake?")
![The Rover 3500 (SD1) has long been a favourite, since I crept out of school to buy Autocar and Motor’s special editions in July 1976, but seeing one on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/40951713670_86499fa80a_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1980-82 Rover 3500 (SD1) – It Still Moves Me")
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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
