Hi Brad
Yes, I am still driving around with minimum brakes.  The floors arent rusted through to be able to do the flintstone emergency stop.  Now, I drive like a granny... so it give me enough time to stop.  
as for my no start starter... I switched to a mini starter that I found in my hoard of parts.  Starts great... but now I have exhaust leaks all over...  since I had to take off the downpipe & crossover pipe to get the stupid start out.
The car has been put to sleep for another year.