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Curbside Beater: 1992 Toyota Corolla – The Almost Free, Almost Perfect Beater
Posted on July 10, 2012 | 46 CommentsThere are pros and cons to being a landlord. Let’s skip the cons, having just had to tear out a rotted bathroom floor. One of the minor pros (or cons, […] -
Curbside Classics: 1982 – 1985 Toyota Celica Coupe And Liftback – Rice-fed Mustangs
Posted on June 15, 2012 | 35 CommentsIt’s 10:03 PM, and there’s still a hint of daylight outside. It’s not exactly a good time to start a CC after a long day trying to hang a door […] -
Curbside Classic: 1965-66 HD Holden Special Station Sedan: The Down Under, 3/4 Scale 1962 Oldsmobile
Posted on June 4, 2012 | 40 Comments(first posted 7/6/2012) Time for something a little different. As diverse as the automotive makeup of Eugene is, there is very little chance of Paul running across one of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1991 Mercury Capri – Birds Of A Feather
Posted on May 26, 2012 | 57 CommentsSay what you will about Mercury, but they at least tried to make some interesting cars here and there. One of the more interesting cars from The Sign of The […] -
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 […]
![Curbside Beater: 1992 Toyota Corolla – The Almost Free, Almost Perfect Beater There are pros and cons to being a landlord. Let’s skip the cons, having just had to tear out a rotted bathroom floor. One of the minor pros (or cons, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CC-171-050-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classics: 1982 – 1985 Toyota Celica Coupe And Liftback – Rice-fed Mustangs It’s 10:03 PM, and there’s still a hint of daylight outside. It’s not exactly a good time to start a CC after a long day trying to hang a door […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CC-165-087-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1965-66 HD Holden Special Station Sedan: The Down Under, 3/4 Scale 1962 Oldsmobile (first posted 7/6/2012) Time for something a little different. As diverse as the automotive makeup of Eugene is, there is very little chance of Paul running across one of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/HD-Holden-estate-2-e1341160266289.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1991 Mercury Capri – Birds Of A Feather Say what you will about Mercury, but they at least tried to make some interesting cars here and there. One of the more interesting cars from The Sign of The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1024,height=7681,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/100_7563-e1337648220718.jpg)
![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)


