I bought mine new in 2000 for 17,000 and put 244,000 on it. The usual timing chain, tires exhaust, the brake lines do rust out around 225,000 and the front cross member is prone to rust also but otherwise very fun to drive. Feels like a go cart and super smooth on highway . Trani start slipping at around 150,000 but changed fluid and it was like new. Hard to sell it but i probably will as too many cars

I bought this car with 140k miles for 1000$ figured it would last a while and be reliable and expected some repairs. Within 2 weeks I broke down and cost 1300 to fix water pump and some gaskets and. A few other things. 1 week later if still dealing with overheating I had to do the head gasket for another 1400 got it back and still running out of coolant and spitting water out the reservoir then got in an accident fixed with junkyard parts for 700 then a nother crash and another 1000 for parts and repair then got stuck in limp mode and was something with the transmission and before I got the part it was stolen and when I got it back 6 months later it was stripped and 800 more still won't run

When you in Saving Mode (money) this vehicle its the Dog you want in your side. Absolutely smooth on 50 to 60mph cruise. The A/C consume quite of power and Gas when go of the Stop or RedLight so i turn off the Compressor under braking and accelerating smootly from light or stop and then I turn it back on after 45mph and so on. With this trick i get 400 Miles from a tank of gas in a 5 Hour trip from south FL to Jacksonville FL. Perfect for a single person commuter student entusiast. . .