First off, I bought this beast with $700 cash. It runs and it's a four cylinder small car, so the gas mileage is not too bad. I was weary of getting back into the manual transmission game since I am a fan of simplification, but after a few years, it's not too much of an issue. It can suck in heavy traffic to be on and off the clutch so much. I definitely have stronger legs these days. Overall it's been one of the best purchases I've made.

I really liked this car when I bought it. It was solid and had a durable interior. I got nearly 33 miles per gallon to start with, but pretty quickly I wished that I would have gotten something else. The brakes never really worked right for years; we had to take it back to the dealership several times to get the brakes repaired so they wouldn't scrape.