Well, I bought this car, known to me and mine as "Charlotte", for $1500 about a year and a half ago, and it''s the best car I''ve ever had. Granted, I''m a bit biased since my father bought an 89 Skylark new off the lot and just got rid of it a couple of months ago. Every now and then she needs a little tending and mending, but overall I couldn''t ask for better performance from any car, but especially from a 20-yr old car! For the most part, repairs I (or more to the point my dear friend Kartoon Louie) make to the car are preventative in nature. When her day comes, I will get another one of the exact same thing or something similar (like a LeSabre or Electra)!