My third car, a 1996 Chevy Beretta (the namesake of my username, etc.) was purchased on September 27th, 1997. It served me well until August 2nd, 2003 when I purchased the pathetic 2001 Olds Alero GLS. Oops, did I say the Alero was pathetic? It wasn't at first!!! It actually was good. :-)