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CC Driving Impressions: 1988 Volvo 240GL – Brick Loving
Posted on April 26, 2024 | 6 CommentsThe Volvo 240 series is certainly no stranger to Curbsiders, with 9 separate COAL entries and numerous other pieces on the site covering the model quite comprehensively. So is there […] -
Rental Car Review: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1SS – Having Your Cake And Eating It, Too
Posted on February 29, 2024 | 77 Comments(first posted 2/15/2018) The Chevrolet Camaro has long enjoyed a reputation for great value and high performance but, well, nobody’s ever accused it of being refined. After […] -
Rental Car Review: 2017 Toyota HiAce – My Day As A White Van Man
Posted on February 27, 2024 | 70 Comments(first posted 2/22/2018) “White van man” is a British stereotype of white commercial van drivers, commonly regarded as inconsiderate drivers. Fortunately, my time behind the wheel of […] -
Rental Car Review: 2024 Nissan Kicks SV
Posted on February 12, 2024 | 17 CommentsMy 2024 started off with a bang, literally. My 2018 BMW 740e COAL was rear ended at a red light in January. -
CC Rental Review – 2023 Toyota RAV4 – Valiant City And Highway Driver
Posted on February 6, 2024 | 29 CommentsOn a trip for work, I reserved a mid size rental car. Upon arrival, the choices were a couple of other CUV minitrucks, a red Ram pickup truck, or this. […] -
COAL #14: More Volvo Imprinting – A Trip to Transpo 72
Posted on January 28, 2024 | 18 CommentsWhich car replaced the trusty Comet? I’m afraid I’ll have to leave you in suspense for another week. You see, the Caliente convertible’s last trip from Art Center back to […] -
Rental Review: 2015 Nissan Versa Note – A Canadian Comes to Maryland
Posted on December 16, 2023 | 40 Comments(first posted 12/13/2017) At the beginning of December 2017, I needed to have some work done on my 1997 Pontiac Trans Sport. As I have done […] -
COAL #7: 1964 Ford Thunderbird – Another Avian Ford
Posted on December 3, 2023 | 15 CommentsLooking back on 1966, it was a year of change. Two years after Mother’s passing, our home in Morris Plains still felt different and emptier than before. Perhaps that was […] -
COAL #6: 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 – For One Brief, Shining Moment…
Posted on November 26, 2023 | 23 CommentsWith apologies to the famed lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, who penned those words as part of the “book” for the Broadway musical Camelot, that phrase could be used to […] -
COAL: 2016 Lincoln MKZ Reserve – Feeling Frisky
Posted on November 10, 2023 | 23 CommentsYou couldn’t have told me that I would be a Lincoln man when I first started driving. Having owned cars from each of the GM brands prior to 2009, that’s […] -
Curbside Forbidden Fruit Stand: 2020 Chevrolet Tornado RS – Why Does GM Hate The USA?
Posted on September 20, 2023 | 42 CommentsVirtually every red-blooded male American retiree or retiree-to-be either vocally or secretly has a deep-held desire for a genuinely small pickup truck to either potter around town with, use to […] -
COAL: 1989 Lincoln Town Car – If It’s Not Baroque, Don’t Fix it; One Man’s Love for the Big American Car, Vol. 4
Posted on September 15, 2023 | 16 Comments(Today, Sept. 15th, marks the 12th anniversary of the last Panther platform car ever produced. Enjoy this COAL submitted in its honor.) “Just when I thought I was out, they […] -
Rental Car Review: 2017 Holden WN II Caprice V — Bittersweet
Posted on August 29, 2023 | 46 Comments(first posted 8/29/2017) Although it was chilly and drizzling, there were still flocks of tourists along the Great Ocean Road. Many of these tourists were from China and many […] -
Rental Review: 2017 RAM 1500 Promaster Cargo 136″ WB Low Roof – U-Haul Traded In My Transit
Posted on February 26, 2023 | 86 Comments(first posted 2/26/2017. This was just a couple of months before I bought our 2017 Promaster, which is now six years old and has served us impeccably. As in, not […] -
Curbside New Car Non-Review: 2022 Ford Maverick XLT AWD – Game On…
Posted on October 27, 2021 | 58 CommentsAfter coming across and posting the first 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz I found last month, I’ve been stealthily creeping around trying to flush a new Ford Maverick out of the […]