Well she was built outta solid steel, so no doubt on the safety, but once I replaced the alternator and the starter, she probably would have run for another couple of years. Those 3800'* are bullet proof. She only had 256 000k. After the accident, despite the entire one side of the front axle being obliterated, the fire department drove te car out of the intersection and onto the flat-bed with one driving wheel. The other was jammed into the coils on the strut.