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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.
![One of the pleasures of being a Curbivore is never knowing what you might see. I was recently at a small but perfectly formed classic car show, in the grounds […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/WP_20180617_10_32_09_Pro_LI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Outtake – 1954 FBW AN35V: The Forecast Is For Classic Sunshine In The Alps")
![Like many Curbivores and car enthusiasts, I have a strong fondness for Alfa Romeo, for having perhaps the greatest motorsport heritage of any accessible brand, a history of distinctive and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DSC00691.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My New Future Curbside Classic: Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.6JTDm-2 120 – Not Exactly How They Do It At Audi")
![Replacing a successful, long term owned car is never easy, and is one you may well have grappled with at some point over the years. I know I have, more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/AUDIA3Sportback-5doors-4825_16-horz-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: How Should I Replace My Current Car?")
![The Peugeot 504 was perhaps the car that truly justified the title “the French Mercedes”. Not only did it have a similar spot in the market in France to the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/504.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1976 Peugeot 504 Diesel – More At Home In France Than Seattle")
![Travel genuinely broadens the mind; it adds new facts and information about places, people and cultures, it corrects misconceptions, it can stimulate ideas in both the traveller and the host, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DSC06426.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: “It’s A Honda, Jim, But Not As We Know It” – Car Spotting In New Zealand")
![One thing we all learn about car ownership, sometimes with a first car, sometime not, is knowing when to change. Sometimes we time it right, sometimes not and sometimes we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC01882-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Long Term – 2011 Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.4TDCi: Knowing When To Stick Or Twist")
![One of the great things about being a Curbivore is that you never know when it might be necessary to go into Full Active Curbivore mode, without notice. Such an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DSC00430-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Outtake: Unexpected Veteran Car Encounter")
![If you ask anyone under, say 40, to name the best handling, most driver focused, affordable sports car around, there’s a more than fair chance that they would suggest the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/europa3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 2007 Lotus Europa S – Who Wants To Grow Up?")
![I should start this personal review with a confession. I understand the fully capable SUV, perhaps best personified by the Land Rover Discovery, Jeep Grand Cherokee or Toyota Highlander. The idea that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_0946.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Future CC Driving Impression: 2016 Jeep Renegade 1.6 Multijet Limited – Never Mind The Capability, Admire The Pastiche")
![You may not have had need to consider this, but the hire car (the UK term for rental cars) does vary across the world. In mainland Europe and the US, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DSC06745.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Rental Car Review: 2006 Nissan Tiida (Versa) 1.5 Automatic – Meeting All The Requirements Of A Hire Car.")
![The car market varies across the world, as we know, and how cars are marketed no less so. But the idea of creating a car brand as an element in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/will_cypha_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 2002-2005 WiLL Cypha – Toyota Tries To Look Young")
![A panel van is a standard addition to a many a car builder’s range, and BMC were no different. Under a range of names from Morris Commercial, Austin, BMC, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2006-ldv-maxus.4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 2006 LDV Maxus – More To It Than You Might Think")
![The CC Cohort is a great source for photographs of Curbside Classics, and also an insight into how fellow Curbivores observe Classics, and how they are used. Predominantly the Cohort […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bentley-Continental-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: Cars Help Make Friends")
![This particular piece of graffiti has been on the Chalfont Railway viaduct, through which the M25 London Orbital motorway passes, has carried the slogan “Give Peas a Chance” for many […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/4-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD – Should We Give Peas A Chance, Or What’s Your Favourite Motorway Graffiti?")
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