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Auto-Biography Archive
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Auto-Biography: Of Birds, Cats, First Cars And Growing Up…
Posted on October 3, 2013 | 48 Comments(ED: Sometimes a CC comment can be so interesting that a dedicated post becomes necessary. Please join me in welcoming Junqueboi’s first official article on CC! TK) I was probably […] -
Autobiography/QOTD: What Was Going To Be Your First Car?
Posted on September 6, 2013 | 76 CommentsToday’s Curbside Classic brought back a flood of memories. Now most of those are not so much memories of an actual ’56 Chevy, but my endless machinations (more like imaginations, […] -
Autobiography: 2001 Ford Crown Victoria – The Jewel Of The Crowns
Posted on May 9, 2013 | 74 CommentsMy wife remembers events by what she wore. I, on the other hand, tend to remember what I drove to said events. Certainly our 2001 Ford Crown Victoria was the […] -
Auto-Biography: 1985 Jeep Cherokee — Fifteen Years Of Yuppie Mommie-Mobiling And Back Country Mountain Goating
Posted on January 23, 2013 | 14 CommentsBack when I was bouncing over Rocky Mountain off-road trails in my VW bug, I sneered at actual Jeeps. And when I headed out across the desert in my Dodge […] -
Auto-Biography: 1983 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – EcoBoosted EgoBooster
Posted on January 10, 2013 | 54 Commentsimage source: Hartog’s photostream. Buying my first new car was a lot like losing my virginity: it was unexpected, impulsive and quick. Even though it didn’t turn out exactly as […] -
Auto-Biography: How A Little Fender Bender Earned Us A Trip To Europe
Posted on October 15, 2012 | 8 CommentsTony LaHood’s painful story of getting only a $2,700 offer for his beautiful but damaged Mercedes reminded me of a somewhat similar but yet quite different tale from the Niedermeyer […] -
How I Eluded A 440-Powered Dodge CHP In My Peugeot 404 – Got Any Good Ticket-Evasion Stories?
Posted on August 18, 2012 | 48 CommentsThe perpetual cat and mouse game. Usually the cat wins; but not always. But managing to get away from the cat after he’s pulled up behind you with his lights […] -
Bikes Of A Lifetime, Vol 1: Chained Up And Shafted
Posted on July 28, 2012 | 9 CommentsMotorcycles were my real passion in my younger days. From the age of seventeen to the time I went abroad at the age of thirty or so, I continually had […] -
COAL: 2006 Pontiac Wave (Chevy Aveo/Daewoo Kalos) – The Worst New Car Of A Lifetime
Posted on July 15, 2012 | 74 CommentsGM Canada has a long tradition of Canada-only cars, and one of them was the Pontiac Wave, a badge-engineered Chevrolet Aveo, which in turn was a very thinly disguised Daewoo […] -
COAL: Summer Edition – Beaters I Have Known But Not Exactly Loved
Posted on July 8, 2012 | 25 CommentsAs summer has finally descended upon the Wet Coast of the Great White North, and having dug myself out of five meters of late spring snow, here is a […] -
COAL: My 2000 Acura TL – A Modern Day Q-Ship
Posted on July 1, 2012 | 54 CommentsThe term Q-Ship originally referred to a Royal Navy war ship in merchant-vessel disguise. When a U-Boat would approach and open fire, the Q-Ship would drop its screens and […] -
COAL: 1990 Chevrolet Caprice Iraqi 9C1 – How GM Canada’s Skunkworks And Saddam Hussein Enriched And Saved My Life
Posted on June 24, 2012 | 43 Comments(Editor’s note: the veracity of this autobiographical story cannot be verified. A number of those familiar with these cars in general are adamant that there never was such a car […] -
COAL: 1990 Honda Accord LX – Sublime Perfection
Posted on June 17, 2012 | 82 CommentsWith the Buick gone, I spent the summer riding my Seca 650, which was a very fine bike with a particularly nice exhaust note. However, riding season on the Wet […] -
COAL: 1978 Buick LeSabre Custom…The One I Should Have Kept
Posted on June 10, 2012 | 55 CommentsMine was the same, except I had rallye wheels With the Jetta gone from memory, I spent the summer riding around on my Yamaha XJ750RL, which was an excellent sport-tour […] -
COAL: 1986 VW Jetta – Fahrvergnügen Gone Bad
Posted on June 3, 2012 | 80 CommentsWhat I wanted my Jetta to look like Cars have always been a passion of mine since early childhood; quite likely because my Dad also loved cars too. Unfortunately, Dad […]