Har! Har! Har! You shoulda done like I did, E.S. Bought one of my boys a beat-up old El Camino. The other got my sister's OLD Oldsmobile. Soon as they could, they both dumped the junk and got THEMSELVES new cars. My dad did pretty much the same for me, except I made MOST of the payments on my '47 Ford coupe --- with the gassaver foxtail and the high-speed mudflaps. Ummmmm, whatta car! Me and Nelly Belly could BOTH sit right behind the wheel.

VaROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM! ("Gutted" muffler!)

My first car was a 50 ford Dad bought me for $350.00. He paid cash and I was susposed to pay him back but you know how that goes. I burned the first set of tires up laying down recaps I think we called it in less than a month. Anyway, the next set came out of my pocket and I took real good care of them.
I said that to say this, Payback is a B^&%$* and I think I'm getting it in spades now. MVB ES

Ah, well, heck, E.S., you ain't got more'n ten or twelve grands, do you? Oh, yeah, but summa your kids are still in "production," huh?

Hmmmmm! I got'n idea: Check with some of the local car dealers about a "fleet discount"!

HAR! HAR! HAR!

(MAN, even I thought that was funny!)