The car's ability to be consistent on fuel cost is good. I averaged about 30 mpg and was fine with unleaded fuel. The car is much less expensive to maintain, filters, oil changes, fluid replacement was all $10-50 at any given time. I did like that portion of the car. The issue I had is the car is cheap, it has issues with performance, the car barely can stay on the road when wind or weather is an issue. The car sits really low and is not comfortable for much of the ride. Overall quality of the car interior is poor, the plastic dashboard falls apart pretty easily, the door handles break off, the drink holders melt.