Southern Californians have seven-days-a-week access to numerous self-serve salvage yards literally overflowing with clean, rust-free cars of every description. The sad part is that every one of them ...

IN 1972, a Hayward, Calif., man paid the sticker price of $2,224 for a brand-new Volkswagen Super Beetle because in those days there was no negotiating on Volkswagens. Then just one year later, John ...