Well they have sort of succeeded in cutting US oil dependency. There is not to much except new on the road now that they've started on older vehicles: mine a 4cyl 1982 Toyota and a 4cyl 1982 Subaru; both got around 40 mpg and were not only reliable, they were paid off. They let me work part time and own a house. I drov...more

Bless both MSN and the brave people who pay their debts this way - my grandmother taught me that a penny technically was money - which I never forgot, even after 50 years but the state of New York ought to learn that pennies are money.....if they had learned that (along with the Department of Labor "rules" for employme...more

As a postscript: Too bad for the older car market there isn't a database like CarFax that can run a VIN older than 1981. I'm sitting and waiting.

I had my 1982 Subaru registered and operational until May 2000, when it was forced off the road due to financial circumstance problems. I also own a 1982 Toyota Corolla, or I did own these cars, I am no longer certain but I hope so. Both cars obtained over 40 mpg, were reliable and sweet tempered and very different to ...more