[War_Wagon]

As long as you have some minor mechanical ability for smaller repairs, I don't see why not. It's if you have to take it to a mechanic every time there is an issue (say the wipers stop working), that the savings in fuel will get eaten up by other costs. These cars are 20 years old now, so things will randomly fail on them, just like any other 20 year old car. My only other concern would be rust, I don't know what the rust situation is like in your area, but structural/undercarriage rust would be a deal breaker for me. It's one of those things that can be fixed, but it's seldom worth it, and never cheap.