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![(first posted 6/11/2017) Just before I headed to Detroit for the CC meetup I received an invitation to the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press’ 2017 Track and Off-Road Day. So […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_1637-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classics: Curbside Classic Goes To The Track")
Future Classics: Curbside Classic Goes To The Track
Posted on June 11, 2023 | 20 Comments(first posted 6/11/2017) Just before I headed to Detroit for the CC meetup I received an invitation to the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press’ 2017 Track and Off-Road Day. So […] -
![Life was a little stale as 2014 turned into 2015. I was finishing up at the office at the end of the day right after the start of the New […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1997-Miata-10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Chapter 28, Zoom Zoom")
COAL: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Chapter 28, Zoom Zoom
Posted on January 22, 2023 | 44 CommentsLife was a little stale as 2014 turned into 2015. I was finishing up at the office at the end of the day right after the start of the New […] -
![One by one the personal CCs of the editorial team are going away. Jim Klein gave us the news that the Official CC Porsche has moved on, which reminded […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Miata18July02a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My CC Update: So Long, Little Miata")
My CC Update: So Long, Little Miata
Posted on September 8, 2019 | 29 CommentsOne by one the personal CCs of the editorial team are going away. Jim Klein gave us the news that the Official CC Porsche has moved on, which reminded […] -
![(First Posted November 17, 2013) After having moved in order to remove a long and burdensome commute, I found myself with all sorts of extra free time that allowed me to contemplate […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Miata1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1992 Mazda Miata – Why Did I Not Have One Of These Yet?")
COAL: 1992 Mazda Miata – Why Did I Not Have One Of These Yet?
Posted on April 15, 2018 | 55 Comments(First Posted November 17, 2013) After having moved in order to remove a long and burdensome commute, I found myself with all sorts of extra free time that allowed me to contemplate […] -
![It’s one thing to drive a beater close to home, but would you risk driving one across the entire continental United States from coast to coast? Our own David Saunders […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Miata.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Feature/QOTD: Would You Drive A Beater Miata From Boston To LA?")
CC Feature/QOTD: Would You Drive A Beater Miata From Boston To LA?
Posted on January 2, 2018 | 63 CommentsIt’s one thing to drive a beater close to home, but would you risk driving one across the entire continental United States from coast to coast? Our own David Saunders […] -
QOTD – Who Can Identify This Mysterious Boot
Posted on June 1, 2016 | 13 CommentsI recently brought readers up to date on my 1997 Miata. There was one interesting little side-story that I left out. -
![(first posted 8/7/2012) Unless you’re over a certain age, or have a kink for Midgets, or are not from the US, say the word “MG” and this is the car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CC-34-074-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 MGB – To B Or Not To B")
Curbside Classic: 1967 MGB – To B Or Not To B
Posted on April 26, 2016 | 64 Comments(first posted 8/7/2012) Unless you’re over a certain age, or have a kink for Midgets, or are not from the US, say the word “MG” and this is the car […] -
![It is hard to believe that it has been over a year since I wrote here about my “new” car. But four seasons have come and gone, and my little […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1997Miata09.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Curbside Classic Update: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Wheeeee!")
My Curbside Classic Update: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Wheeeee!
Posted on April 19, 2016 | 48 CommentsIt is hard to believe that it has been over a year since I wrote here about my “new” car. But four seasons have come and gone, and my little […] -
![SOME SAY that in the next 1,000 years homo sapiens will split in two camps: homo pauperis, poor ordinary folk with bad teeth (a little like today’s English); and wealthy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2016-Mazda-MX-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata – A Tea-Cup Sized Tempest")
Future Classic: 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata – A Tea-Cup Sized Tempest
Posted on February 12, 2015 | 37 CommentsSOME SAY that in the next 1,000 years homo sapiens will split in two camps: homo pauperis, poor ordinary folk with bad teeth (a little like today’s English); and wealthy […] -
![When I began writing for CC, I was the almost perfect Yin to Paul Niedermeyer’s Yang. He hails originally from Europe, I am a native-born American. He has mostly lived on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1997Miata01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My New Curbside Classic: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – The Niedermeyerization of JPC is Complete")
My New Curbside Classic: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – The Niedermeyerization of JPC is Complete
Posted on January 6, 2015 | 93 CommentsWhen I began writing for CC, I was the almost perfect Yin to Paul Niedermeyer’s Yang. He hails originally from Europe, I am a native-born American. He has mostly lived on the […] -
![With depreciation and cars like the Porsche Boxster and the Lotus Elise keeping mid-engined cars from being completely unreachable for anyone below Fortune 500 CEOs and their families, the days where you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/CC-202-099-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Fiat X1/9 – The Mid-Engine Revolution Arrives On Main Street")
Curbside Classic: Fiat X1/9 – The Mid-Engine Revolution Arrives On Main Street
Posted on December 26, 2014 | 52 CommentsWith depreciation and cars like the Porsche Boxster and the Lotus Elise keeping mid-engined cars from being completely unreachable for anyone below Fortune 500 CEOs and their families, the days where you […] -
![Saturday morning, I had to run down to the junkyad to pick up a couple of trim pieces to help out a neighbor (the trip is about ten miles each […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/16-Miata.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip: A Saturday Morning California Junkyard Drive")
CC Road Trip: A Saturday Morning California Junkyard Drive
Posted on July 19, 2013 | 38 CommentsSaturday morning, I had to run down to the junkyad to pick up a couple of trim pieces to help out a neighbor (the trip is about ten miles each […] -
![There are certain things in life most of us don’t like to think about. For most of us with a bit more seasoning these would be things like prostate exams […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/P6260704.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Trip to the Salvage Yard")
A Trip to the Salvage Yard
Posted on July 8, 2012 | 26 CommentsThere are certain things in life most of us don’t like to think about. For most of us with a bit more seasoning these would be things like prostate exams […]
