I have had this car for 22 years. I wish it was garaged as it is rusting out and the paint has peeled. It has 235,000 miles on it and still running as of 2024.

I can’t say enough great things about the 02’ cavalier. Mine unfortunately became too unsafe for the road due to the MN winters taking their toll on its body. Salty roads. The perfect all around car for many years of reliability and great mpg. The handling is pretty good for a econo box and the seats were great. Can’t forget about the cup holders in the top of the center console either. I miss it everyday as I learned stick in that car and many milestones happened because of it. The first chance I get, I’m buying another one.

My grandma bought a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier brand new in 2002, which she had it up until she passed away, and gave it to my dad. With the story aside, it's been pretty reliable these past 20 years, in fact, I find it impressively reliable. Normally a car would be useless at 5 - 10 years old, but this car was certainly built tougher than modern cars. Design wise, it's ok, but the materials used for the interior and exterior were certainly cheap, considered the fact that the dash cracks within a decade or so and the weather stripping begins to peel off after around 15 years. Exterior styling is pretty ok, especially with the ls sport coupe, with the spoiler in the back. As far as the value for the money, it's pretty ok as well, however, I dislike the lack of effort with the paint job, considering that the clear coat fails fairly quickly and the materials used are, again, cheap. Overall, I give this car a 4.5 rating, It's cheaply made, but it's been put through xxxx with the California heat and the intense UV rays penitrating on the paint job. I truly hope that Chevrolet learned their lesson with this one, because I don't want to one day buy a used car from chevy and soon look at the roof and see the clear coat chipping off or the dash having numerous cracks.