I have no desire to own a new one, however, there has been great outcome for my daughter in a serious accident. She was going 65 around a bad curve, car pulled out in front of her. Consequently she t-boned them. Meg and her boyfriend were not even scratched, thankfully no one else either. She said "Dad, I barely felt it." No she isn't fat. There are other cars to drive, but I feel safe with her driving down I 75 in the 84 300 cd with the dominating truck drivers all over the highway. I also feel economically good about the older sd's with their repairability and help that you can get today compared to 20 years ago. I bought a car-lift, decided to do as much as I can, started reading, studying and realized that hey ,I can do a lot of this. So after learning how they tick, I am not anxious to get something totally unfamiliar to work on, ie.,90 saturn,95 camry, 90 grand prix, etc. Just my 0.02