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QOTD Archive
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QOTD: What Do You Consider To Be The Last GTO?
Posted on July 5, 2018 | 81 CommentsEarlier today I posted the article on Pontiacs at the Scottsdale auctions this year. GTO’s naturally figured prominently there and it got me thinking: what was the last “real” GTO? […] -
QOTD: How Did Your Youth Experiences Influence Your Life in Relation To Cars?
Posted on July 3, 2018 | 67 CommentsIn reading all the posts and comments on CC over the years it’s interesting to note how different many of us are in our opinions, experiences and preferences, yet we […] -
QOTD: Do You Still Wax Your Car?
Posted on July 2, 2018 | 120 Comments“The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s” -Ezra Taft Benson Are you a waxer? I suppose […] -
QOTD: What’s Your Lust Object Car of the Day?
Posted on June 29, 2018 | 85 CommentsI am a fickle lover of cars. If I were rich enough, I’d have a new car every day, which probably explains why I don’t have any old cars except […] -
QOTD: What Automotive Technology Do You Miss Having?
Posted on June 29, 2018 | 143 CommentsTechnology — it’s constantly advancing and disrupting existing technologies at an ever rapid pace, and when it comes to the automobile industry, it’s no different. Especially in the past ten, […] -
QOTD: What’s Your Favorite Console With Automatic Transmission Floor Shifter?
Posted on June 24, 2018 | 80 CommentsIn today’s ’63 Nova SS CC, I waxed eloquently over its console and floor shifter for the automatic Powerglide. There’s something very un-gimmicky about it, with that rubber boot, straight stick, […] -
QOTD: Which Colonnade Would You Have Bought With A Blank Check?
Posted on June 20, 2018 | 101 CommentsI was not at all a likely candidate to buy a GM Colonnade-mobile in their time. I was 19 when they came out, and had just been given a ’63 […] -
QOTD: Ford Owners: Do You Still Remember Your Keyless Entry Code?
Posted on June 15, 2018 | 69 CommentsMy 1983 Turbo Coupe came with Ford’s keyless entry system that was first used on the 1980 Thunderbird. Amazingly, the system is still available today, although better integrated into the […] -
QOTD: What Problems Did You Put Up With In The Cheap Cars Of Your Youth?
Posted on June 11, 2018 | 59 CommentsI have been enyoying Marc’s Saturday Cars Of A Lifetime (COAL) series. He recently recounted his experience with a Pontiac Acadian (Chevette to those of us not from Canada). Among […] -
QOTD: What Were the Ugliest 5 Mile Bumpers?
Posted on June 4, 2018 | 101 CommentsWe may have asked something similar some years ago, but since we have bumpers on the brain today, how about your nominations for the ugliest 5 mile bumpers? Here’s mine, […] -
QOTD: What’s The Most Obscure “Designer Edition”?
Posted on May 31, 2018 | 134 CommentsCollaborating with a popular fashion designer or retailer for a special edition of a car has been an industry practice for decades, as a way to generate additional hype and […] -
QOTD: What Car Is This ?
Posted on May 24, 2018 | 24 CommentsSome time ago, while I’ve been looking through a local classified advertisement website, an ad caught my eye immediately. The seller stated the car to be an Opel “built before […] -
QOTD: What Car Is This?
Posted on May 19, 2018 | 27 CommentsWe—my photographer husband and I—are in the middle of a road trip round the BC interior. Yesterday afternoon we pulled off at a scenic lay-by and off in the distance […] -
QOTD: Is This the New 5 MPH Bumper?
Posted on May 18, 2018 | 40 CommentsSo what’s going on here? The really odd thing is that just a few hours before I saw this GM truck sporting a 1974-grade bumper, I saw a Ford F-250 […] -
QOTD: What’s Hiding In the Trailer?
Posted on May 10, 2018 | 7 CommentsCC reader Chris C. sent me a couple of pics that he thought we might have fun with. The first shows the car carrier across the street in front of […]
![QOTD: What Do You Consider To Be The Last GTO? Earlier today I posted the article on Pontiacs at the Scottsdale auctions this year. GTO’s naturally figured prominently there and it got me thinking: what was the last “real” GTO? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/b706e6acf36de5cf8b2a45b686a879de.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: How Did Your Youth Experiences Influence Your Life in Relation To Cars? In reading all the posts and comments on CC over the years it’s interesting to note how different many of us are in our opinions, experiences and preferences, yet we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/vintage-children-photos-vintage-pictures.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: Do You Still Wax Your Car? “The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s” -Ezra Taft Benson Are you a waxer? I suppose […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180629_082719.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What’s Your Lust Object Car of the Day? I am a fickle lover of cars. If I were rich enough, I’d have a new car every day, which probably explains why I don’t have any old cars except […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Packardbaker-1958.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What’s Your Favorite Console With Automatic Transmission Floor Shifter? In today’s ’63 Nova SS CC, I waxed eloquently over its console and floor shifter for the automatic Powerglide. There’s something very un-gimmicky about it, with that rubber boot, straight stick, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Buick-Riviera-1964-int.-console.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: Which Colonnade Would You Have Bought With A Blank Check? I was not at all a likely candidate to buy a GM Colonnade-mobile in their time. I was 19 when they came out, and had just been given a ’63 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Pontiac-Grand-Am-1974.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: Ford Owners: Do You Still Remember Your Keyless Entry Code? My 1983 Turbo Coupe came with Ford’s keyless entry system that was first used on the 1980 Thunderbird. Amazingly, the system is still available today, although better integrated into the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ford-keyless-code-pad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What Problems Did You Put Up With In The Cheap Cars Of Your Youth? I have been enyoying Marc’s Saturday Cars Of A Lifetime (COAL) series. He recently recounted his experience with a Pontiac Acadian (Chevette to those of us not from Canada). Among […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1971PlymouthScamp2-crop-vert-crop-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What Were the Ugliest 5 Mile Bumpers? We may have asked something similar some years ago, but since we have bumpers on the brain today, how about your nominations for the ugliest 5 mile bumpers? Here’s mine, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/commuta-car-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What Car Is This ? Some time ago, while I’ve been looking through a local classified advertisement website, an ad caught my eye immediately. The seller stated the car to be an Opel “built before […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/4405222535.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What Car Is This? We—my photographer husband and I—are in the middle of a road trip round the BC interior. Yesterday afternoon we pulled off at a scenic lay-by and off in the distance […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MysteryCar_BC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: Is This the New 5 MPH Bumper? So what’s going on here? The really odd thing is that just a few hours before I saw this GM truck sporting a 1974-grade bumper, I saw a Ford F-250 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/CC-359-052.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What’s Hiding In the Trailer? CC reader Chris C. sent me a couple of pics that he thought we might have fun with. The first shows the car carrier across the street in front of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/34786.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


