- Description
- Car nut with a soft spot for classic Lincolns and early automotive air conditioning.
![614. According to my research, that is the best estimate of the total number of Saab 9-4x’s produced. Estimates of the number sold in the United States are less than half that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_6477.jpg "CC Capsule: 2011 Saab 9-4x 3.0i XWD Premium – The Holy Grail")
![The Late 90’s was a crazy time. As I had mentioned in my previous COALs, I was freelance IT consulting in Detroit, Michigan. Between Y2K and the explosion of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/P0000309.jpg "COAL: 1998 Audi A4 Quattro – Mission Accomplished")
![In today’s CC Capsule, I lamented the inevitable day when the there will be no more daily driven Oldsmobiles on the road, at which point Oldsmobile joins Packard, Edsel, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/c9f61e51597d46dee6ca1f6772dad1b7.jpg "QOTD: Last Daily Driven Oldsmobile?")
![Here is suburban Ohio, we don’t have a lot of run down neighborhoods with on street parking, so literal Curbside Classics (as in parked alongside the curb) are hard to come by. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_6396.jpg "CC Capsule: 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL – Uncommonly Common")
![Detroit. The Motor City. Motown. Caropolis. (OK, I just made this last one up). It is 1995, and I am realizing one of my life-long dreams of living and working […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/maxima2.jpg "COAL: 1996 Nissan Maxima – No, I Haven’t Driven a Ford Lately")
![Earlier today, I posted a CC Capsule of one of all time favorite vehicle names, Lincoln Zephyr, which got an all-too-short one year revival in 2006. What other automotive names […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lincoln_zepher_v12_emblem_touring-sedan_1_s_37.jpg "QOTD: Which Automotive Name is Most Deserving of a Comeback")
![I was a regular contributor on Usenet back in the 90’s. Usenet, for the uninitiated, was an early online forum which predated the World Wide Web by a good decade. Google […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Honda-CBR600F-89-1.jpg "MOAL: 1992 Honda CBR600F2 – The One with the Time Machine")
![Time to rev up your search engines. According to Wikipedia, Subaru produced a mere 10,346 Saab 9-2x’s between 2005 and 2006. In today’s 9-2x Capsule post, I produced a list of cars that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "QOTD – Rarest Car More Common Than Saab 9-2x")
![While I was largely satisfied with my 1991 Acura Integra, something happened the very next model year that would begin to change that: The Integra GS-R. By dropping in a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gsr2.jpg "COAL: 1994 Acura Integra GS-R – Picking Up Speed")
![Today’s Curbside Comparo introduced us to the world of unintentionally bad automotive acronyms, with the Cadillac Eldorado ETC (et. cetera) and ESC (Escape), along with the Lincoln Mark VII […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ETC.jpg "QOTD: Worst Automotive Abbreviation?")
![When last I checked in, it was the late 80’s, and I was working on my Mechanical Engineering degree at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Case, like all good […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Telefast-Exterior-of-old-building.jpg "COAL: 1991 Acura Integra GS – Entering the Real World")
![While my primary interest growing up was cars (as well documented in my previous COALs), I had a second interest that was also developing: Computers. This too would become a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3151.jpeg "COAL: 1985 Chrysler LeBaron GTS – The College Years")
![Winters are a lean time for spotting curbside classics in northeast Ohio. As a relatively new author to Curbside Classic, I don’t have a huge library of photos taken in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_6282.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1971 Buick Skylark GS – A Mystery Wrapped in a Riddle Inside an Enigma")
![As I have mentioned in my previous COALs, my extended family is crazy about classic cars. Most of my Dad’s brothers owned at least one, if not several. After […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/buick.jpg "COAL: 1971 Buick LeSabre Convertible – A Breath of Fresh Air")
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