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![Bliss /blis/ noun : The definition in Webster’s should be “That feeling you get when on a road trip with the kids and you realize that they are separated by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2630.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Review: 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 4×4 Passenger Van 144″ – You Get A Row, And You Get A Row, And You Get A Row, And…")
Curbside Review: 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 4×4 Passenger Van 144″ – You Get A Row, And You Get A Row, And You Get A Row, And…
Posted on July 6, 2020 | 31 CommentsBliss /blis/ noun : The definition in Webster’s should be “That feeling you get when on a road trip with the kids and you realize that they are separated by […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Peugeot 403 Cabriolet – Columbomobile
Posted on July 5, 2020 | 10 Commentsposted by Bruno Ferlito -
![The darndest things cross your path at the junkyard and while Jaguars are not uncommon (shocking, I know), this is the first used up XK8 I’ve come across here in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2748.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1999 Jaguar XK8 Convertible – This Kitty Used Up Its Nine Lives")
Curbside Recycling: 1999 Jaguar XK8 Convertible – This Kitty Used Up Its Nine Lives
Posted on July 5, 2020 | 35 CommentsThe darndest things cross your path at the junkyard and while Jaguars are not uncommon (shocking, I know), this is the first used up XK8 I’ve come across here in […] -
![Following on from my previous post of Bratislava, (see here), a 4-hour train ride deposited us in lovely Prague. After a few days sightseeing and getting to know the place […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/DSCF4480.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Prague Transport Museum")
CC Global: Prague Transport Museum
Posted on July 5, 2020 | 15 CommentsFollowing on from my previous post of Bratislava, (see here), a 4-hour train ride deposited us in lovely Prague. After a few days sightseeing and getting to know the place […] -
![It is that time of year when I take my annual summer vacation. These trips were usually good for some rental car reviews, and last summer I even rented a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_1273.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rental Car Review: 1985 Porsche 928S – Eighties Fast")
Rental Car Review: 1985 Porsche 928S – Eighties Fast
Posted on July 5, 2020 | 23 CommentsIt is that time of year when I take my annual summer vacation. These trips were usually good for some rental car reviews, and last summer I even rented a […] -
![(first posted 7/4/2014) It’s too bad that I just missed Bicentennial Fever in America: the cheesy cartoons, the shared sense of pride and purpose, the auto manufacturers’ ability to exploit […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/043.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 1972 Mustang Sprint and 1974 Chevrolet Impala “Spirit of America”–Bicentennial Fever")
Car Show Classics: 1972 Mustang Sprint and 1974 Chevrolet Impala “Spirit of America”–Bicentennial Fever
Posted on July 4, 2020 | 91 Comments(first posted 7/4/2014) It’s too bad that I just missed Bicentennial Fever in America: the cheesy cartoons, the shared sense of pride and purpose, the auto manufacturers’ ability to exploit […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: “Finned and Furious”
Posted on July 4, 2020 | 22 Commentsby Simon White -
![I ran into this accidentally, and I had no idea that this is the New Zealand version of stock car racing. It’s something altogether different, a cross between a demolition […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Video: New Zealand “Stock Car” Racing Is A Cross Between Demolition Derby, Bumper Cars and Tag-Team Wrestling")
CC Video: New Zealand “Stock Car” Racing Is A Cross Between Demolition Derby, Bumper Cars and Tag-Team Wrestling
Posted on July 4, 2020 | 14 CommentsI ran into this accidentally, and I had no idea that this is the New Zealand version of stock car racing. It’s something altogether different, a cross between a demolition […] -
![Old, vintage advertisements for intercity and urban-transit buses have always fascinated me – perhaps because I’m ancient enough to have rode on a few of them. Here are just a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/oo1946_Aerocoach_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: Vintage Bus Advertisements from Around the World")
Bus Stop Classics: Vintage Bus Advertisements from Around the World
Posted on July 4, 2020 | 20 CommentsOld, vintage advertisements for intercity and urban-transit buses have always fascinated me – perhaps because I’m ancient enough to have rode on a few of them. Here are just a […] -
![After the Outback had an airbag clock spring concern, I was not confident in the safety of it. I began to search for something that I felt I should have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_0636.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: #21 Volvo XC60 – The German Swede")
COAL: #21 Volvo XC60 – The German Swede
Posted on July 4, 2020 | 7 CommentsAfter the Outback had an airbag clock spring concern, I was not confident in the safety of it. I began to search for something that I felt I should have […] -
![Although I was born in 1977, I’m occasionally nostalgic about Bicentennial America, a time that is probably more fun in retrospect than it was for those who lived it. Regardless, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/109_0074a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bicycle Classic: 1976 Schwinn Bicentennial Sting-Ray – It Takes An Independent Man to Ride An Independence Day Themed Child’s Bike")
Bicycle Classic: 1976 Schwinn Bicentennial Sting-Ray – It Takes An Independent Man to Ride An Independence Day Themed Child’s Bike
Posted on July 4, 2020 | 61 CommentsAlthough I was born in 1977, I’m occasionally nostalgic about Bicentennial America, a time that is probably more fun in retrospect than it was for those who lived it. Regardless, […] -
![(first posted 7/9/2014) The Chrysler LHS has always been one of those cars that’s baffled me, as I’ve never known quite what to make of it. Sure Chrysler marketed it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_4841.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1996 Chrysler LHS – Lost Hopeless Soul")
Curbside Classic: 1996 Chrysler LHS – Lost Hopeless Soul
Posted on July 3, 2020 | 138 Comments(first posted 7/9/2014) The Chrysler LHS has always been one of those cars that’s baffled me, as I’ve never known quite what to make of it. Sure Chrysler marketed it […] -
![Is it an exaggeration to say that the English English translation for “truck” is not the traditional “lorry” or “wagon” but “Leyland”? After all, what was a provincial bus and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/s-l1600-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Site Classics: 1990 Leyland-DAF Roadrunner: Carrying So Much Than Just Horses")
Auction Site Classics: 1990 Leyland-DAF Roadrunner: Carrying So Much Than Just Horses
Posted on July 3, 2020 | 20 CommentsIs it an exaggeration to say that the English English translation for “truck” is not the traditional “lorry” or “wagon” but “Leyland”? After all, what was a provincial bus and […] -
![There are lots of automotive auctions that take place every year, most of which go unnoticed on this site. Every once in a while one will pop up that is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/9D_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Classic: Don Beneventi Collection of Nearly New Classic Chevrolets")
Auction Classic: Don Beneventi Collection of Nearly New Classic Chevrolets
Posted on July 3, 2020 | 37 CommentsThere are lots of automotive auctions that take place every year, most of which go unnoticed on this site. Every once in a while one will pop up that is […] -
![I’m not having a good 2020. Most of us aren’t. We’re isolated, disrupted, nervous about finances and health. We’ve been shown just what a fragile illusion our booming economy and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_20200628_063340731.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL–2013 Toyota RAV4 AWD Limited: Mom, in Memoriam")
COAL–2013 Toyota RAV4 AWD Limited: Mom, in Memoriam
Posted on July 3, 2020 | 51 CommentsI’m not having a good 2020. Most of us aren’t. We’re isolated, disrupted, nervous about finances and health. We’ve been shown just what a fragile illusion our booming economy and […]
