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Drive It Like You Don’t Own It – More Tales from the Fleet Manager
Posted on June 19, 2012 | 16 CommentsA few weeks ago, I provided some insight into the trials and tribulations of a fleet manager. Let us continue on this bizarre and sometimes nightmarish journey… -
![So many of the discoveries found at Curbside Classics are vehicles with an above average lifespan – or perhaps an above average ability to endure. However, there is a class […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/grumpy-old-men.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Drive It Like You Don’t Own It – Tales From The Fleet Manager")
Drive It Like You Don’t Own It – Tales From The Fleet Manager
Posted on June 8, 2012 | 63 CommentsSo many of the discoveries found at Curbside Classics are vehicles with an above average lifespan – or perhaps an above average ability to endure. However, there is a class […] -
![On November 11, 1926, a classic was created. It is a classic that endured and has transcended it’s official end in 1985. In many ways it is still with us […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Route-66-byway-sign.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Route 66 Revisited")
Route 66 Revisited
Posted on March 25, 2012 | 24 CommentsOn November 11, 1926, a classic was created. It is a classic that endured and has transcended it’s official end in 1985. In many ways it is still with us […] -
![When the night is over Like a kadett out of hell I’ll be gone gone gone Like a kadett out of hell I’ll be gone when the morning comes But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Opel-kadett-Rally-Link.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Kadett Finale: Like a Kadett out of hell…")
Kadett Finale: Like a Kadett out of hell…
Posted on March 9, 2012 | 1 CommentWhen the night is over Like a kadett out of hell I’ll be gone gone gone Like a kadett out of hell I’ll be gone when the morning comes But […] -
![During my bachelor days I was an avid road-tripper, having college buddies in Boston, Washington and all points on the eastern seacoast, and I managed to put an amazing 160k […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/RT-corolla.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Roadtrip: Shenandoah – Old Hills And Old Cars")
CC Roadtrip: Shenandoah – Old Hills And Old Cars
Posted on February 25, 2012 | 21 CommentsDuring my bachelor days I was an avid road-tripper, having college buddies in Boston, Washington and all points on the eastern seacoast, and I managed to put an amazing 160k […] -
![Despite its excellent fuel economy, on my youthful cross-country rambles in my VW Bug I sometimes found myself a bit tight on gas money. So I would draft trucks, as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Truck-drafting.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bug Tales: Beyond Drafting")
Bug Tales: Beyond Drafting
Posted on December 4, 2011 | 33 CommentsDespite its excellent fuel economy, on my youthful cross-country rambles in my VW Bug I sometimes found myself a bit tight on gas money. So I would draft trucks, as […] -
![I bought my second Beetle, a ’63, knowing its engine was on borrowed time. When the time came, I decided to take the plunge and rebuild it myself, following the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/VW-timing-.jpg-courtesy-aircooledtech.com_.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bug Tales: Timing Is Everything")
Bug Tales: Timing Is Everything
Posted on December 3, 2011 | 12 CommentsI bought my second Beetle, a ’63, knowing its engine was on borrowed time. When the time came, I decided to take the plunge and rebuild it myself, following the […] -
![One night, I was driving my ’63 Beetle on the Indiana Turnpike in a snowstorm. I found myself in a line of cars behind a snowplow in the right lane. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/snow-plow-minneapolis-121110jpg-4b3bb64bf2310d30.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bug Tales: The Rolling Igloo")
Bug Tales: The Rolling Igloo
Posted on December 1, 2011 | 21 CommentsOne night, I was driving my ’63 Beetle on the Indiana Turnpike in a snowstorm. I found myself in a line of cars behind a snowplow in the right lane. […] -
![(ED: We’re having an old Beetle sub-theme this week, so this is the first of several “Bug Tales” you’ll be seeing) A funny thing happened to me and my ’65 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/VW_1965_ftl.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bug Tales: 1965 VW 1200 – I’ve Got a Bee In My Bonnet!")
Bug Tales: 1965 VW 1200 – I’ve Got a Bee In My Bonnet!
Posted on November 29, 2011 | 13 Comments(ED: We’re having an old Beetle sub-theme this week, so this is the first of several “Bug Tales” you’ll be seeing) A funny thing happened to me and my ’65 […] -
![The summer of 1994 we were in college in Oklahoma, and to prove just how smart we were getting to be, a few of us thought piling in our cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/42ff45adfe804c493a5bd7acd0652a0df76dbc6bb08502f4d75c5462c837c3a96g-720x478.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cars Of A Lifetime: 1978 Toyota Corona Wagon – Alaska Or Bust(ed)")
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1978 Toyota Corona Wagon – Alaska Or Bust(ed)
Posted on June 11, 2011 | 9 CommentsThe summer of 1994 we were in college in Oklahoma, and to prove just how smart we were getting to be, a few of us thought piling in our cars […]
