My Canon has been through hell and back with me (being in college) and it survived beautifully. The model is A540, but don't think they sell them anymore. Takes beautiful pictures still, uses AA (as mentioned above), All the pictures I have posted in OD were taken with my A540 (there is a thread on lightning pictures specifically on OD that I shot with that camera). They still have affordable P&S cameras that are built solidly, my parents recently picked up a great Canon with 10x optical zoom and fantastic picture quality.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth