Well, it looks like you have a poster number 4. Hi, I just found this site the other day so I'm a newby here. I've owned a 1997.5 Regal LS since the summer of 97 and have been very pleased with it. No problems whatsoever. When I first bought it, though, I heard a single clunking sound when backing up. Mr. Goodwrench told me it was normal, but I told him to document it anyway. Ninety thousand miles later, I still hear it, but so far there have been no problems associated with it. Who says American quality is inferior to the Japanese or Germans!