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CC For Sale: Need a Change of Scenery? – Mercedes Benz T2 Motorhome For Sale in Cape Town
Posted on December 29, 2018 | 16 CommentsThe upside of working almost till Christmas this year was early morning rush hour traffic died down in the preceding week, and I had more time to look for interesting […] -
CC Road Trip/Driving Impressions (Part 3): 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT – Climb Every Mountain
Posted on December 19, 2018 | 19 CommentsIf the heavens have roads and cars to drive on them, then this was the closest taste of such a heaven I’ve experienced. For getting to drive supercar is one thing, […] -
COAL:1999 Volkswagen New Beetle – Cheap Fun Winter Beater
Posted on December 8, 2018 | 27 CommentsTaken the day I bought the car. The VW Cabrio made such an impression on me, I wanted a Volkswagen to pound around in for the winter. This one fit the bill. […] -
CC Road Trip/Rental Review (Part 2): 2018 Volvo V90 Inscription T8 AWD – Trekking Across The Alps In One Sweet Swede
Posted on December 6, 2018 | 37 CommentsThe wagon. It’s a car that hasn’t found much appreciation in North America for several decades now, apart from versions jacked up several inches and laden with plastic body cladding […] -
CC Outtake: Two Modern Cars
Posted on November 23, 2018 | 33 CommentsIn a post a few months back, I asked when cars became “modern“. Two milestone cars I mentioned were the Citroen DS (in a comment) and the Nissan Leaf (in […] -
Curbside Classic: 1993 Mercedes-Benz 300 SE – This Is What $100 Looks Like
Posted on August 29, 2018 | 84 CommentsFact: A car is a depreciating asset. Except for a few rare occasions of ultra-low production supercars, for all intents and purposes, from the moment a vehicle is titled and drives […] -
Trackside Classic: Run What You Brung
Posted on August 18, 2018 | 23 CommentsThe Renault R12 has been covered here a few times, both in its original French version as well as Dacia and Latin American variants. But did you know that at […] -
Car Show Classics: ICCCR 2012 (Part 2) – The Rest (Pre-War, Coachbuilt, Prototypes, Other Marques)
Posted on June 6, 2018 | 19 CommentsAside from the usual “production” FWD Citroëns, there were a number of rare cars at this 15th International Citroën Car Club Rally (ICCCR). There usually are a few RWD cars […] -
Car Show Classics: ICCCR 2012 (Part 1) – Post-War Series-Produced Citroëns
Posted on June 5, 2018 | 30 CommentsO, to be in sunny England, on a bright and breezy summer’s day… with the clattering cacophony of flat-twins whirring up hills and sleek aerodynamic shapes resting on the grass? […] -
Curbside Classic: Maserati Kyalami – Time To Revisit My Teenage Dream Garage
Posted on April 27, 2018 | 38 CommentsThroughout my youth I had a dream garage in my head. With a maximum of five cars allowed, a revolving stream of exotica came and went, with only one car […] -
Curbside Classic: BMW 524td – An Austrian Stroker Powering America (not a post about the governator)
Posted on April 25, 2018 | 36 CommentsThree is a series, right (even if it pertains to the 5-series)? So here we go, with my latest installment of super rare 5-series BMWs or based on 5-series super rare […] -
COAL: 2018 BMW 540i xDrive (G30) – The Bavarian Beast
Posted on April 13, 2018 | 49 CommentsYesterday’s CC Clue, a rather perplexing one I knew only the truest of Bimmerfiles would get, was from the last word of the title and image in reference to Dingolfing, […] -
CC Outtake: 1993 BMW 525i – Reflections At Twenty-Five
Posted on April 7, 2018 | 71 CommentsToday is somewhat a milestone day for me, as it happens to be my 25th birthday. Now normally I’m not one to make much of my birthday, but turning 25 […] -
Road Trip Journal/Auto-Biography/Curbside Classic: 1965 VW Beetle – California Dreamin’
Posted on February 11, 2018 | 41 CommentsYou’ve either experienced the California dream, or you haven’t. I have; big time. And although I eventually left because I woke up to certain changing realities that compelled me pursue […] -
CC Outtake – Mercedes-Benz X250d – Rebadging at Its Finest
Posted on January 15, 2018 | 54 CommentsRecently, I received an email from a friend, with this picture followed by a number of question marks. He couldn’t believe that Mercedes was making a pickup. He has a […]
![CC For Sale: Need a Change of Scenery? – Mercedes Benz T2 Motorhome For Sale in Cape Town The upside of working almost till Christmas this year was early morning rush hour traffic died down in the preceding week, and I had more time to look for interesting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_20181222_101757_493.jpg)
![COAL:1999 Volkswagen New Beetle – Cheap Fun Winter Beater Taken the day I bought the car. The VW Cabrio made such an impression on me, I wanted a Volkswagen to pound around in for the winter. This one fit the bill. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20141003_173144.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Two Modern Cars In a post a few months back, I asked when cars became “modern“. Two milestone cars I mentioned were the Citroen DS (in a comment) and the Nissan Leaf (in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ds_leaf1.jpg)
![Trackside Classic: Run What You Brung The Renault R12 has been covered here a few times, both in its original French version as well as Dacia and Latin American variants. But did you know that at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/r12-copy.jpg)
![Car Show Classics: ICCCR 2012 (Part 2) – The Rest (Pre-War, Coachbuilt, Prototypes, Other Marques) Aside from the usual “production” FWD Citroëns, there were a number of rare cars at this 15th International Citroën Car Club Rally (ICCCR). There usually are a few RWD cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ICCCR_2012_two_-1.jpg)
![Car Show Classics: ICCCR 2012 (Part 1) – Post-War Series-Produced Citroëns O, to be in sunny England, on a bright and breezy summer’s day… with the clattering cacophony of flat-twins whirring up hills and sleek aerodynamic shapes resting on the grass? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ICCCR_2012_one_-7-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: Maserati Kyalami – Time To Revisit My Teenage Dream Garage Throughout my youth I had a dream garage in my head. With a maximum of five cars allowed, a revolving stream of exotica came and went, with only one car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180317_133419.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: BMW 524td – An Austrian Stroker Powering America (not a post about the governator) Three is a series, right (even if it pertains to the 5-series)? So here we go, with my latest installment of super rare 5-series BMWs or based on 5-series super rare […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/photo1-2.jpg)
![CC Outtake: 1993 BMW 525i – Reflections At Twenty-Five Today is somewhat a milestone day for me, as it happens to be my 25th birthday. Now normally I’m not one to make much of my birthday, but turning 25 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_1122.jpg)
![Road Trip Journal/Auto-Biography/Curbside Classic: 1965 VW Beetle – California Dreamin’ You’ve either experienced the California dream, or you haven’t. I have; big time. And although I eventually left because I woke up to certain changing realities that compelled me pursue […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CC-347-227.jpg)
![CC Outtake – Mercedes-Benz X250d – Rebadging at Its Finest Recently, I received an email from a friend, with this picture followed by a number of question marks. He couldn’t believe that Mercedes was making a pickup. He has a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/XClass.jpg)


