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COAL Series Archive
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![Greetings, fellow Curbsiders, and welcome to another instalment of my automotive misadventures. It’s been a little over two years since I last asked you to weigh in on an automotive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CC-Article-picture.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Help Me Choose My New Car (Mis)adventure, Meet the Contenders – 2024/25 Edition")
Help Me Choose My New Car (Mis)adventure, Meet the Contenders – 2024/25 Edition
Posted on February 20, 2025 | 65 CommentsGreetings, fellow Curbsiders, and welcome to another instalment of my automotive misadventures. It’s been a little over two years since I last asked you to weigh in on an automotive […] -
From Dream to Driveway: Owning a 1955 Packard Patrician
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 37 CommentsWhat 30 something dreams of owning a 61 year old luxury sedan from a marque that most people have no idea even existed? This one. -
![The first family car I remember was our ’51 DeSoto. As far as I can tell, the ’51 hasn’t yet had its day in the CC sun, perhaps not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1951_DeSoto_4050550054.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL #1: The ’51 DeSoto")
COAL #1: The ’51 DeSoto
Posted on October 22, 2023 | 8 CommentsThe first family car I remember was our ’51 DeSoto. As far as I can tell, the ’51 hasn’t yet had its day in the CC sun, perhaps not […] -
![The two cars that feature in this final (for the moment) installment of my COAL series both didn’t stick around long enough to form much of an impression on our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-10-at-10.41.45-AM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Capsule(s)/Round up: 2012 Perodua Viva and 1999 Nissan Primera – Short Term Cars and a Bit of Reflection")
COAL Capsule(s)/Round up: 2012 Perodua Viva and 1999 Nissan Primera – Short Term Cars and a Bit of Reflection
Posted on September 10, 2023 | 22 CommentsThe two cars that feature in this final (for the moment) installment of my COAL series both didn’t stick around long enough to form much of an impression on our […] -
![I suppose we could say it was inevitable that a Beetle would feature once again in my COAL chronicles. I’ve had a hankering on and off for for one ever […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-28-at-1.31.14-PM.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL : 1970 Volkswagen Beetle – Full Circle")
COAL : 1970 Volkswagen Beetle – Full Circle
Posted on September 3, 2023 | 31 CommentsI suppose we could say it was inevitable that a Beetle would feature once again in my COAL chronicles. I’ve had a hankering on and off for for one ever […] -
![You’re looking at probably the daftest purchase I’ve made thus far, and in the middle of an economic crisis no less. But the heart wants what it wants, and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FB_IMG_1668798699480.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1999 Peugeot 406 Coupe – Grand Touring, the French Way")
COAL: 1999 Peugeot 406 Coupe – Grand Touring, the French Way
Posted on August 27, 2023 | 27 CommentsYou’re looking at probably the daftest purchase I’ve made thus far, and in the middle of an economic crisis no less. But the heart wants what it wants, and the […] -
![The Mercedes W124 certainly does not need any special introduction on the pages of Curbside. Many of them have been featured over the years and the collective opinion seems unanimous. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG-20230320-WA0119.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL : 1995 Mercedes Benz E200 (W124) – Meet Your Heroes, Part 2")
COAL : 1995 Mercedes Benz E200 (W124) – Meet Your Heroes, Part 2
Posted on August 20, 2023 | 35 CommentsThe Mercedes W124 certainly does not need any special introduction on the pages of Curbside. Many of them have been featured over the years and the collective opinion seems unanimous. […] -
![Today’s episode of my COAL chronicles is about the replacement for the much-liked (but ultimately too cramped) Mazda 2, which left my stable in June of 2022. The main criteria […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Front-roadtrip.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL : 2006 Subaru Forester XT – Box, with Horses")
COAL : 2006 Subaru Forester XT – Box, with Horses
Posted on August 13, 2023 | 21 CommentsToday’s episode of my COAL chronicles is about the replacement for the much-liked (but ultimately too cramped) Mazda 2, which left my stable in June of 2022. The main criteria […] -
![I think that I only have two memories from when I was three years old. The first was of my dad coming home from work, putting me in his car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Engine.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL, Part 1: Growing Up – One Good Car Then a Whole Lot of Rubbish")
COAL, Part 1: Growing Up – One Good Car Then a Whole Lot of Rubbish
Posted on July 12, 2023 | 25 CommentsI think that I only have two memories from when I was three years old. The first was of my dad coming home from work, putting me in his car […] -
![When I wrote my last COAL post in January 2022, let’s just say I had no idea of the sort of year that was in store for my country as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2023-02-23-at-5.07.19-PM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Update: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, LOTS of them!")
COAL Update: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, LOTS of them!
Posted on February 24, 2023 | 17 CommentsWhen I wrote my last COAL post in January 2022, let’s just say I had no idea of the sort of year that was in store for my country as […] -
![Vehicles engineered toward a specific use can be frustrating when they also must be applied as broad-spectrum transportation. Five years and sixty-thousand miles into our 4Runner ownership, I’ve had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_20190627_152654384.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Update: I hate you, 4Runner. I love you, 4Runner.")
COAL Update: I hate you, 4Runner. I love you, 4Runner.
Posted on February 14, 2022 | 56 CommentsVehicles engineered toward a specific use can be frustrating when they also must be applied as broad-spectrum transportation. Five years and sixty-thousand miles into our 4Runner ownership, I’ve had […] -
![Last week’s post generated some healthy discussion and each of the six contenders had plenty of things in their favour and supporters in their corner, but in the end my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Lead.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1990 BMW 316i – Sensible German Shoes, But Still Pretty Good Fun.")
COAL: 1990 BMW 316i – Sensible German Shoes, But Still Pretty Good Fun.
Posted on January 16, 2022 | 21 CommentsLast week’s post generated some healthy discussion and each of the six contenders had plenty of things in their favour and supporters in their corner, but in the end my […] -
![As you read in the previous installment, once I sold the E36 the plan really was to be sensible, stick with the everyday cars and cut back spending, since we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-07-at-2.35.20-PM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: My Search for the Next One – Meet the Contenders")
COAL: My Search for the Next One – Meet the Contenders
Posted on January 9, 2022 | 43 CommentsAs you read in the previous installment, once I sold the E36 the plan really was to be sensible, stick with the everyday cars and cut back spending, since we […] -
![This was not actually a car I ever had any intention of owning. I’ve always liked older BMWs, but the E36 generation 3 series somehow never really struck a chord. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20201222_170523.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1998 BMW 318/328i – Brief Bavarian Interlude")
COAL: 1998 BMW 318/328i – Brief Bavarian Interlude
Posted on January 2, 2022 | 4 CommentsThis was not actually a car I ever had any intention of owning. I’ve always liked older BMWs, but the E36 generation 3 series somehow never really struck a chord. […] -
![Alfa Romeo. The name alone is enough to set a car nut’s heart aflutter. So much history, romance, myth and legend encapsulated within those two words. So much in fact, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG-20180616-WA0004.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1987 Alfa Romeo 33 – Project Car Hell, or How to Own a Car Without Driving it Even Once")
COAL: 1987 Alfa Romeo 33 – Project Car Hell, or How to Own a Car Without Driving it Even Once
Posted on December 26, 2021 | 31 CommentsAlfa Romeo. The name alone is enough to set a car nut’s heart aflutter. So much history, romance, myth and legend encapsulated within those two words. So much in fact, […]
