The international calls still go through MCI Worldcom, with the lousiest rates, but at least we got them down to 12,80$ this month.
Took the poozhoe to Bob's Wheel Alignment where he charged me 24$ just to bend down and see that the semiaxle is bent and the steering is wobbly. We just decided to ditch the contraption, not worth fixing. Started looking for a new old car.
The websites where these cars were advertised weren't too informative, the whole thing was just in diapers, however there were all these free magazines with ads, specialized in cars, so I picked them in Kroger and we spent the next few weeks leafing through those. Even paid a one-time subscription to CarFax to check on a few VINs. Which I did, except on the car we eventually bought.