We bought this car right before we had our first child. I was drawn to the safety standards that it had. Front and side airbags, anti-locking breaks were the main ones. It seats four very comfortably and a fifth person not so comfortably. The only thing I have had to do is change out the battery. I have over 140,000 miles on the car so it has been really good to us. A few things we don't like is that you hear a lot of road noise, the gas mileage isn't great and my husband doesn't quite have a good fit in it. He is 6'7 though and not many cars fit him. We get around 20 to 21 mpg and it stated that the EPA was 25mpg. The EPA standards are created in perfect driving conditions though and so I guess we should have known better. It has been a very reliable car overall and at the price we just couldn't beat it.