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- I write about things that interest me as well as I hope other humans, regardless of what our robot overlords may "think". And I take pictures of pretty much everything. You've found some of the writing. See some of the pictures here: www.flickr.com/photos/sgip
![It’s coming up that time. Time to get the state inspection sticker. In my driving year, this is pretty much the time when my car is most in jeopardy of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sticker.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD – No Sticker for YOU! Any Good Annual Vehicle Inspection Stories?")
![This post calls forth some of the smaller details about this 1963 Mercury Meteor Custom 2-Door Hardtop Coupe. I take that angle, since this is a vehicle that has been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/63meteor_taillight.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercury Meteor Custom – It’s the Little Things That Count")
![It’s one thing to read about the sheer size of one of these classic American land yachts. It’s a whole other thing to encounter one in person. Simply put, this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_5317.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1963 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible — Call me Ishmael")
![It is said that Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer, here in the U.S. Likewise, the beginning of summer always calls forth one of those AAA press releases where […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sideview.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD – Summer 2023 Roadtrip Plans?")
![While out driving today, my thoughts returned as they often do to a nagging noise from the back half of my daily driver that I have lived with for quite […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/e90_diff.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD – What Auto Repairs Have You Put Off, And Why?")
![I ran across this bit of former everyday-ness at the waste oil disposal tank at my local dump transfer station last weekend. It stood out among the various plastic jugs […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_4589.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "And Then One Day, There Were None — A Classic Oil Can")
![I hadn’t actually intended to write up this particular rental car/travel adventure. Rather, I just documented the car photographically as I do many rental cars; and I had a few […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023SXT_front.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Rental Review & Musings: 2023 Dodge Charger SXT — End of the Line")
![I’ll admit, the bulk of this post’s title was lifted from a very popular and long-lived thread over on a marque-specific car site that I frequent. I have subsequently discovered […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/bmw_e91_tow.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "What Did You Do For Your Car Today? The Whole Story.")
![There was a time when a visit to a gas station – aka filling station or service station – would involve encountering branding that was clearly intended to differentiate the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DSC_9213.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Roadside Classics: A Tiger On Your Roof and Other Gas Station Memorabilia")
![Maybe it’s part of the same phenomenon where it’s getting nearly impossible to find a car that’s not painted a neutral color, but I’ve noticed that in recent years it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_2378.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Holiday Car Decor — Seasonally Decked Out?")
![The other morning, I was browsing the online news bulletin that arrives daily from my son’s University. This day’s lead headline caught my eye due to the mentioning of cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2019tuscon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD — Auto Theft. Got Any Stories?")
![Always keen to share the strange and wondrous sightings from my drives around town, I nowadays seem to find more rare new cars than survivor/unusual old cars. Well, this week […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_2135.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "What Are the Odds of That? — One of 2500 Lucid Airs and Last Century’s Century")
![A recent entry in JP Cavanaugh’s COAL, about his 1968 Chrysler sparked some personal memories, and some comments, about subverted automotive safety features. In JPC’s case, that trigger had to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/s-l1600.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD – What Auto Safety Devices are Most Often Bypassed or Ignored?")
![It occurs to me that here at Curbside we spend relatively more time describing cars and other vehicles than we do exploring and thinking about what is put into these […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/JJS1648.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Curbside: The Intertwined Histories of Grocery Shopping and Cars")
