yosshimura,

I bought the car from my grandmother with 112K on it. She works for the State and drives 60-70K a year. She trades every two years. They would not give her anything on it in trade, so she offered it to me for $100 and transfer fees.

I put another 140K+ on her in the 4 years I had her. In 4 years time, I replaced the clutch once, replaced both front axles, boots, and other required front end parts, and the usual tires, brakes, plugs, wires, oil & filter changes, etc...

When I sold her, the 5th gear (overdrive) had just gone out, but all other gears were fine, and the cable that moves the driver's window was broken. Last time I spoke with the current owner, he had not replaced the tranny yet and spent $15 to fix the window.

All in all, I spent maybe $1000 on that car... some days I wish I had her back as a spare in the driveway.