![Well then, here you have it, CC friends, the final result of my most recent search for a new (to me) automotive millstone. Any of you who have read the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20240917_112917-e1739600530827.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1999 Alfa Romeo 166 – Was There Ever Really Another Choice?")
![Greetings, fellow Curbsiders, and welcome to another instalment of my automotive misadventures. It’s been a little over two years since I last asked you to weigh in on an automotive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CC-Article-picture.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Help Me Choose My New Car (Mis)adventure, Meet the Contenders – 2024/25 Edition")
![First and foremost, let’s just take a moment to appreciate that what you see before you is now a Seventy two year old automobile! My mind refused to process that fact […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240423_073031.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1952 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – Land Yacht in the Tropics")
![The Volvo 240 series is certainly no stranger to Curbsiders, with 9 separate COAL entries and numerous other pieces on the site covering the model quite comprehensively. So is there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240218_082921.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Driving Impressions: 1988 Volvo 240GL – Brick Loving")
![The Mercedes Benz W123 is justifiably legendary in the car world because of its rational engineering, solid build, and exceptional durability and longevity. W123s are so overbuilt that they can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/FB_IMG_1705943311721.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Driving Impressions: 1980 Mercedes Benz W123 200D — What’s the Hurry, Anyway?")
![The final Sunday Run for 2023 took place on the last day of the year, which was happily a gorgeous sunny one after a few weeks of heavy rains. Since […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20231231_091618.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Drive and Show: Colombo Sunday Run December 2023")
![Greetings, fellow curbsiders, time to join me for another Sunday run from the sunny tropics. These drives happen once a month pretty consistently and the participation is always great. They […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Drive and Show: Colombo Sunday Run, November 2023")
![The two cars that feature in this final (for the moment) installment of my COAL series both didn’t stick around long enough to form much of an impression on our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-10-at-10.41.45-AM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Capsule(s)/Round up: 2012 Perodua Viva and 1999 Nissan Primera – Short Term Cars and a Bit of Reflection")
![I suppose we could say it was inevitable that a Beetle would feature once again in my COAL chronicles. I’ve had a hankering on and off for for one ever […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-28-at-1.31.14-PM.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL : 1970 Volkswagen Beetle – Full Circle")
![You’re looking at probably the daftest purchase I’ve made thus far, and in the middle of an economic crisis no less. But the heart wants what it wants, and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FB_IMG_1668798699480.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1999 Peugeot 406 Coupe – Grand Touring, the French Way")
![The Mercedes W124 certainly does not need any special introduction on the pages of Curbside. Many of them have been featured over the years and the collective opinion seems unanimous. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG-20230320-WA0119.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL : 1995 Mercedes Benz E200 (W124) – Meet Your Heroes, Part 2")
![Today’s episode of my COAL chronicles is about the replacement for the much-liked (but ultimately too cramped) Mazda 2, which left my stable in June of 2022. The main criteria […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Front-roadtrip.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL : 2006 Subaru Forester XT – Box, with Horses")
![My last update indicated that my garage had gotten some new members, partly due to necessity and partly due to my seeming inability to keep cars for long. Well, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230628_155406.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8 D – The Almost Perfect Beater for a Crisis")
![It’s been over a year since I last posted one of these drives, which were just starting up again after the pandemic when the economic crisis hit us, causing another […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230716_073826-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Drive And Show – Colombo Sunday Run July 2023")
![This is a piece I’ve been meaning to write for several months, but couldn’t quite get around to until now. This particular 404 is owned by Sam, a close friend […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230115_130606.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Driving Impressions: 1972 Peugeot 404 – How Does it Hold Up Today?")
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