![This COAL will be a bit of a cheat, I’m combining a Ford Courier with two Mazda pickups. Honestly, these trucks were so similar and so likable, I’m giving myself […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1981_Ford_Courier_Brochure-01.jpg "COAL: 1981 Ford Courier and 1984 & 1993 Mazda Pickups – Good, Better and Best")
![I had been driving small, modestly equipped, two door imports for 12 years. Boston was teeming with sports sedans like the Audi 4000 and Honda Accord. It was time for me […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Camry-rear-qtr.jpg "COAL: 1985 Toyota Camry – All Grown Up")
![My next car would be my first new car purchase. After owning 3 fairly crude, rear wheel drive imports I was ready for something a bit more civilized. But I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Gold-colt.jpg "COAL: 1981 Dodge Colt – Big Rig Shifting")
![This COAL proved to be quite a challenge to write. While the Corolla was a perfectly fine car over two years of ownership, there wasn’t much happening in my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1975-Toyota-ad.jpg "COAL: 1975 Toyota Corolla 2 Door – Dullsville")
![I was having a serious case of buyer’s remorse with regards to my spur of the moment purchase of the 1968 Spitfire. Beautiful car, but I knew enough to know […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/coal-vw.jpg "COAL: 1969 Beetle – Redux")
![This is the car I wish I had bought after the Beetle abruptly quit on Route 17, just east of Binghamton. Mine was a bit rougher around the edges than […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mk3-with-GT6-hood-e1621544287726.jpg "COAL: 1968 Triumph Spitfire – Nose Job")
![After my relatively good experience with the Kadett, it might have been obvious that I should get another German car, but the truth is that it was my older brother […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Red-Beetle-for-sale-2.jpg "COAL: 1969 VW Beetle – Dead Ringer")
![I have often wondered if our first car sets the pattern for the types of cars we buy over the course of our lives. Or are the choices we […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kadett-L-rear.jpg "COAL: 1965 Opel Kadett L – Training Wheels")
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