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Curbside Classic/Review: Zap Xebra – The Justified Assassination
Posted on March 16, 2012 | 22 CommentsThree-wheeler week wouldn’t be complete without a Zap Xebra. The Chinese-built Xebra surfed the 2006 – 2008 wave of EV enthusiasm, only to find itself all washed up once buyers […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Honda Civic – PGM-FI?
Posted on February 4, 2012 | 29 CommentsNormally I would have likely walked right by this Honda Civic but the badge on the rear intrigued me. Obviously the FI stood for fuel injection but advertising that your […] -
My Curbside Classic: 1989 Nissan Micra – Good Autoshite
Posted on January 10, 2012 | 43 CommentsBefore the obvious question comes up, I’ll attempt to answer it. Why run a beater car? There could many valid reasons such as financial necessity, garaging the nice car during […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1987 Toyota 4×4 Van – You Just Can’t Kill It, No Matter How Hard A Certain Somebody Tries
Posted on December 4, 2011 | 59 CommentsOur Toyota Van The old Dodge M886 was getting a bit shaky around the seams and was a wee bit utilitarian. So we decided that we were in need of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1972 Datsun 1200/Sunny Coupe: The Yang To The 1972 Cadillac’s Yin
Posted on July 20, 2011 | 27 CommentsYin -yang: complementary opposites. Sometimes described as “the sunlight (yang) over a shady mountain in the valley (yin)”. Now what swept this sudden regurgitation of late-sixties profundity over me, other […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1993 Hyundai Excel – Speed Kills
Posted on June 19, 2011 | 9 CommentsYou know that saying, “speed kills” ? Well I can’t personally attest to killing people with speed, but I can attest to killing a certain Silver Hyundai. -
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 […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Datsun 510 – Revived In Name If Not In Spirit
Posted on May 8, 2011 | 22 CommentsThis 1979 gen2 510 reflects the general decline of Datsun at the end of the Seventies. Datsun had once been king of the Japanese import hill at the end of […] -
Curbside Classics: Porsche 911 SC And Honda CRX Si – Graced, Doubly
Posted on April 19, 2011 | 8 Commentsgrace: (def) unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration… Every time I have doubts about being able to continue CC in the face of other demands, something happens to […] -
My Curbside Classic: 1973 Mazda 808 (aka: 818/Grand Familia/Mizer)
Posted on April 15, 2011 | 31 Comments[Welcome to our first reader submission, and a new series titled “My Curbside Classic”. This one is by Dave Saunders, known hereabouts as Dave7. This is not his first CC […]
![Curbside Classic/Review: Zap Xebra – The Justified Assassination Three-wheeler week wouldn’t be complete without a Zap Xebra. The Chinese-built Xebra surfed the 2006 – 2008 wave of EV enthusiasm, only to find itself all washed up once buyers […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CC-41-038-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Honda Civic – PGM-FI? Normally I would have likely walked right by this Honda Civic but the badge on the rear intrigued me. Obviously the FI stood for fuel injection but advertising that your […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/badge.jpg)
![My Curbside Classic: 1989 Nissan Micra – Good Autoshite Before the obvious question comes up, I’ll attempt to answer it. Why run a beater car? There could many valid reasons such as financial necessity, garaging the nice car during […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6555519345_2bcd927f92_z.jpg)
![Our Curbside Classic: 2000 Subaru Forester – The True Cost Of Ownership, So Far So how much exactly does it cost to drive a new car for twelve years and 150,000 miles? The IRS mileage deduction for 2011 is 55.5¢ per mile. A couple […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CC-156-041-800.jpg)
![Cars Of A Lifetime: 1987 Toyota 4×4 Van – You Just Can’t Kill It, No Matter How Hard A Certain Somebody Tries Our Toyota Van The old Dodge M886 was getting a bit shaky around the seams and was a wee bit utilitarian. So we decided that we were in need of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1024,height=768,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/J1024x768-01146.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1972 Datsun 1200/Sunny Coupe: The Yang To The 1972 Cadillac’s Yin Yin -yang: complementary opposites. Sometimes described as “the sunlight (yang) over a shady mountain in the valley (yin)”. Now what swept this sudden regurgitation of late-sixties profundity over me, other […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-7-025-800.jpg)

![Cars Of A Lifetime: 1978 Toyota Corona Wagon – Alaska Or Bust(ed) 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=720,height=478,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/42ff45adfe804c493a5bd7acd0652a0df76dbc6bb08502f4d75c5462c837c3a96g.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Datsun 510 – Revived In Name If Not In Spirit This 1979 gen2 510 reflects the general decline of Datsun at the end of the Seventies. Datsun had once been king of the Japanese import hill at the end of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1979_Datsun_510_hatchback_31.jpg)
![Curbside Classics: Porsche 911 SC And Honda CRX Si – Graced, Doubly grace: (def) unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration… Every time I have doubts about being able to continue CC in the face of other demands, something happens to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-134-096-800.jpg)
![My Curbside Classic: 1973 Mazda 808 (aka: 818/Grand Familia/Mizer) [Welcome to our first reader submission, and a new series titled “My Curbside Classic”. This one is by Dave Saunders, known hereabouts as Dave7. This is not his first CC […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Mazda-808-6.jpg)


