Sorry, I was too young to remember anything that happened in the late 70s. My car has 128K miles on it and I've probably put a total about about 3-5K of repairs, not including tires and oil changes, in the 11 yrs I've owned it. BTW, I get free oil changes for life from Toyota. How many of you have that?? If I had to choose between buying a Ford and a Toyota, I'd buy another Toyota...just not one made in the year 2009 or 2010.