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About Author: Steve Crutchfield
Posts by Steve Crutchfield
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![It’s now 2021. Our 2017 Mercedes E300 has given us more-or-less good service over the past four years. But, as experience had taught me with Mercedes, things like preventive maintenance, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tesla-and-me.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL, Final Chapter (For Now): I Dream The Auto Electric")
COAL, Final Chapter (For Now): I Dream The Auto Electric
Posted on June 21, 2023 | 48 CommentsIt’s now 2021. Our 2017 Mercedes E300 has given us more-or-less good service over the past four years. But, as experience had taught me with Mercedes, things like preventive maintenance, […] -
![We’re now up to January, 2017. We’d been in Seattle for six months, and we were loving life. We had a beautiful home across the street from Lake Washington, in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2017-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The Mercedes Years")
COAL: The Mercedes Years
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 26 CommentsWe’re now up to January, 2017. We’d been in Seattle for six months, and we were loving life. We had a beautiful home across the street from Lake Washington, in […] -
![Back in the aughts (the 2000s, for our younger readers) there was a joke going around: Q: What is the difference between a BMW and a porcupine? A: The porcupine […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_20201109_154235-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL № 9: The BMW Era")
COAL № 9: The BMW Era
Posted on June 7, 2023 | 46 CommentsBack in the aughts (the 2000s, for our younger readers) there was a joke going around: Q: What is the difference between a BMW and a porcupine? A: The porcupine […] -
![It’s now the mid-1990s, and we are living in Washington, DC and driving a 1993 LHS and a 1994 Miata. For a few years now we had been making long […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Cabin-in-Wintoer.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1987 Jeep Cherokee and ’96 Grand Cherokee • Entering the SUV Era")
COAL: 1987 Jeep Cherokee and ’96 Grand Cherokee • Entering the SUV Era
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 26 CommentsIt’s now the mid-1990s, and we are living in Washington, DC and driving a 1993 LHS and a 1994 Miata. For a few years now we had been making long […] -
![When I left off, Rick and I were living in Washington DC and driving a 1987 Toyota Celica. It was a great little car: fun to drive; sporty, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1987-Taurus.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1987 Ford Taurus MT-5 • Tragedy, An Unexpected New Car, And Two Midlife Crises")
COAL: 1987 Ford Taurus MT-5 • Tragedy, An Unexpected New Car, And Two Midlife Crises
Posted on May 24, 2023 | 36 CommentsWhen I left off, Rick and I were living in Washington DC and driving a 1987 Toyota Celica. It was a great little car: fun to drive; sporty, and […] -
![We’re now up to 1983 in my Cars of a Lifetime series. It’s time to talk about my first new car. By that I mean a car bought new […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Photo702485691340_inner_23-11-976-11-23-741-976-741.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 & ’87 Toyota Celica • What’s the Plural of ‘Celica’?")
COAL: 1983 & ’87 Toyota Celica • What’s the Plural of ‘Celica’?
Posted on May 17, 2023 | 38 CommentsWe’re now up to 1983 in my Cars of a Lifetime series. It’s time to talk about my first new car. By that I mean a car bought new […] -
![We’re up to the fall of 1975. It was time for a big, big change in my life. I’d graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Economics […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1972-Ford-Pinto-American-Classics-Car-101784793-c20b38cf1b62357a683e21d438c321e0.jpg.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: A Pair Of Pintos")
COAL: A Pair Of Pintos
Posted on May 10, 2023 | 30 CommentsWe’re up to the fall of 1975. It was time for a big, big change in my life. I’d graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Economics […] -
![Here’s the first car that I legally owned (as opposed to driving a car registered to my parents). When I turned 21 in 1974 Dad gave me $1,000 to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Datsun_1600_Fairlady_1969_Dutch_licence_registration_AL-61-24.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1967 Datsun Sports 1600 • The First Car That Was Legally Mine")
COAL: 1967 Datsun Sports 1600 • The First Car That Was Legally Mine
Posted on May 3, 2023 | 22 CommentsHere’s the first car that I legally owned (as opposed to driving a car registered to my parents). When I turned 21 in 1974 Dad gave me $1,000 to […] -
![In 1967, dad and mom had finally had enough of that unreliable 1958 Plymouth. They felt we needed a new family station wagon, so we returned to the Buick family […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Helen-and-Mom-1966.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Buick Sportwagon • My First Car")
COAL: 1965 Buick Sportwagon • My First Car
Posted on April 26, 2023 | 29 CommentsIn 1967, dad and mom had finally had enough of that unreliable 1958 Plymouth. They felt we needed a new family station wagon, so we returned to the Buick family […] -
![In my last post I talked about how the family had just returned to Seattle from fifteen months in East Africa. We had sold our 1953 Buick Special before we’d […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/58-and-55-Buicks.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1958 Plymouth Custom Suburban – Dad’s Biggest Regret")
COAL: 1958 Plymouth Custom Suburban – Dad’s Biggest Regret
Posted on April 19, 2023 | 48 CommentsIn my last post I talked about how the family had just returned to Seattle from fifteen months in East Africa. We had sold our 1953 Buick Special before we’d […] -
![Greeting Curbophiles! My name is Steve Crutchfield, and I’m starting a new Cars of a Lifetime series. By way of introduction, I’m a 70 year old retiree living in Seattle. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Photo702485658172_inner_29-19-670-23-29-976-685-968.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Buicks Aplenty; a Fiat, and a Pontiac • The Early Years")
COAL: Buicks Aplenty; a Fiat, and a Pontiac • The Early Years
Posted on April 12, 2023 | 32 CommentsGreeting Curbophiles! My name is Steve Crutchfield, and I’m starting a new Cars of a Lifetime series. By way of introduction, I’m a 70 year old retiree living in Seattle. […]
