![When I started this Cars of a Lifetime series, I thought I knew exactly how it would end. It was supposed to end with Papa’s 1988 Chevrolet S10. That made […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_0004-scaled-e1786579442259-115x115.jpeg "My 2017 Volkswagen Beetle 1.8T Convertible: My Very Own Love Bug")
![In September of 2020, we somewhat unexpectedly lost my grandpa, Harold, known to almost everyone in the family simply as Papa. He was larger than life: a motorcycle-riding, airplane-flying, world-traveling, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_3420-115x115.jpg "My 1988 Chevrolet S10: Keeping Grandpa’s Chevy S10 on the Road")
![Sometimes a car is more than just transportation. Sometimes it arrives at exactly the moment you need it most. What began as a favor to help my dad sell his […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_9353-e1785449143560-115x115.jpg "My 2012 Mini Cooper S Convertible Highgate Edition: Sometimes a Therapist Has Four Wheels and a Turbocharger")
![By late 2024, life was feeling pretty grand. I had my 2023 Tesla Model 3, we had settled into our new house, I was firmly ensconced in my new […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_1656-1-115x115.jpg "My 2017 Acura MDX Sport Hybrid: Three Rows, Three Motors, and One Very Rough Start")
![Last week, I left off standing in a Tesla delivery center, having completed the easiest car purchase of my life. What had started as a carefully planned order for a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_9586-1-115x115.jpeg "My 2023 Tesla Model 3 RWD, Part 2: How One Tesla Won Over Three Family Generations")
![This is an exciting point in the series, at least for me, because we have finally reached the first car in this story that I still own. Every car up […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_2709-115x115.jpg "My 2023 Tesla Model 3 RWD, Part 1: The Fastest Car Purchase of My Life")
![In October of 2020, Courtney and I found out we were expecting our first child after years of trying. Everything changed. Suddenly, I wasn’t thinking about horsepower, infotainment systems, or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_1602-scaled-e1782855129122-115x115.jpeg "My 2015 Mercedes-Benz ML350 4MATIC — Buying A German Tank for My Growing Family")
![By the spring of 2020, I could see the end of my Bolt lease approaching. I absolutely loved the Bolt. In many ways, it was the first electric vehicle I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_0196-115x115.jpg "My 2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier: 3,700 Miles Per Tank — Getting Rid Of Range and Lease Anxiety")
![It was late 2017, and I had started thinking about what came next on my side of the garage. I absolutely loved my 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV. It was the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_2603-115x115.jpg "My 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV: Range Changes Everything — The First EV That Didn’t Feel Like a Compromise")
![Our 2013 Ford Escape SEL EcoBoost arrived at exactly the right time in our lives. It was quick, comfortable, practical, and handled everything we threw at it, from road trips […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-e1781040426455-115x115.jpeg "My 2013 Ford Escape SEL EcoBoost: The Right Vehicle at the Right Time–Until Life Changed")
![By July of 2016, Courtney and I had settled comfortably into married life. We loved our newer house in Netarts, being within walking distance of the beach still felt surreal […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0696-e1780607390799-115x115.jpg "My 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid: A Hybrid SUV That Made Perfect Sense, And Was Too Good To Last")
![By 2015, my automotive life had finally reached a stable and sensible place. We had a comfortable daily driver, a paid-off weekend convertible, and a financial plan that actually worked. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/516339656_10239200940668782_497717770420475841_n-2-115x115.jpg "My 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV – The EV Relapse")
![By 2014, I thought I had my automotive life figured out. The leased Chevrolet Volt handled the practical side of things, while the supercharged Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 filled the role […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_0900-115x115.jpg "My 2005 Acura TL — Settling Into Something Different")
![Some cars become attached to periods of life so deeply that it becomes impossible to think about one without immediately remembering the other. That pretty much sums up how I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_3113-115x115.jpg "My 1999 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 Kompressor — Back to Top-Down Living (Part 2)")
![By late 2012, I found myself doing something that, at the start of the year, I never would have expected. I was shopping for my third car of the year. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-05-04-19.18.18-115x115.png "My 1999 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 Kompressor — Back to Top-Down Living (Part 1)")
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