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Ryan and his wife, Marilyn, have been writing The Car Couple auto review column for about 10 years.
They live in beautiful Ellijay, Ga. with their cat Nina and enjoy the mountain scenery, especially the winding roads.
The Car Couple features an overview of the week's featured vehicle and then Ryan's Ride with his comments and Marilyn's Moment with her likes/dislikes. (Most people skip to her section first)
The column currently appears weekly to several newspapers in north Georgia.
As an aside, Ryan was recently elected president of the Greater Atlanta Automotive Media Association (GAAMA), which is a group of automotive media professionals in the Atlanta area with members in Alabama, Tennesse and North Carolina. For more information or to join, visit www.gaama.org.
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:30am — 1 Comment
By Mike Thies
Sooner or later every judge faces this class. A freshly restored car with flawless paint sits next to an original car with faded lacquer, a worn driver's seat, and sixty years of honest use on it. Both owners did right by their cars. The job is to score them so neither one is punished for the choice its owner made.
Both deserve respect. A great restoration takes skill, money, and years of work. A true survivor can never be made again…
ContinuePosted by Global Wheels Events on November 2, 2026 at 7:23pm
A Bite of History: Unicorn Restorations, the 1974 Camaro Z28
by Mike Thies
At any good car show, you will find 1957 Chevys in every form: survivors, frame-off restorations, and restomods. What you will rarely find is a 1958. That tells you something about the collector market. Not every year of a popular model becomes a true collectible. Buyers pick favorites, and those years get saved, restored, and passed down, while the years next to them…
ContinuePosted by Michael Thies on October 22, 2026 at 6:43am
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Hello I would like to personally invite you to attend The foster and adoptive parents of Hall County 4th annual car, truck and bike show on May 3rd, 2014! The show location is the Hayes Dodge dealership, 3115 Frontage Rd in Gainesville GA from 11:00 to 3:00 with trophies awarded at 2:30. All the money we collect goes to benefit the children in foster care in our county. We provide care bags when a foster child comes into foster care with all the necessities like a tooth brush and tooth paste and things like a new toy, a blanket... We also provide Christmas gifts for every child in care and we are looking to start up providing a birthday gift for their special day. We need your help to be able to take care of the 200 or so Hall County foster children. Registration is $15 per vehicle. We also welcome venders. Check out our website and see pics of our other car shows at www.lovehopehealing.com! We hope to see you there!!
The foster and adoptive parents of Hall County extend an invitation to you to attend our 3rd annual car show on April 27th, 2013! The show location is the Hayes Dodge dealership, 3115 Frontage Rd in Gainesville GA from 11:00 to 5:00 with trophies awarded at 4:00.. All the money we collect goes to benefit the children in foster care in our county. We provide care bags when a foster child comes into foster care with all the necessities like a tooth brush and tooth paste and things like a new toy, a blanket... We also provide Christmas gifts for every child in care and we are looking to start up providing a birthday gift for their special day. We need your help to be able to take care of the 130 or so Hall County foster children. Registration is $15 per vehicle. We also welcome venders. Check out our website and see pics of our other car shows at www.lovehopehealing.com! We hope to see you there!!
The foster parents of Hall county would like to invite you to our second annual car show on May 5th the Hayes Chrysler dealership in Gainesville. All the money that we make will go towards getting every foster child in our county Christmas gifts. Last year we were able to get over 150 children something to open Christmas morning!!
Ryan,
How are you doing? I was hoping to see some articles from you both on the site? Have you all recovered from the storms? I also was wondering what the plans are for GAAMA for June. I have guest I want to bring. :-)
Mike
Alan, I am sorry you all have had some difficulties this week with the storms. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. BTW, We have a guest room anytime you guys need a respite from the peace and quite of North Georgia :-) You both really need to meet Susan. She is a delight and we would have a good time hanging out as couples. Mike
PS Don is still struggling against the rain at AMP. Monday washed all his work out again. He is, however, prevailing. He does all the work, I just provide a "bitching post". :-)