 I bought this car as my first car with over 200,000 miles on her. The previous owner didnt take very good care so she ran odd at first but after fixing parts and maintaining her properly she ran great. Yes parts are difficult to find but i did my research and it shares the same engine as the miata mx5 and the mazda protege. For how old the engine is its maintaining a desent mpg of 22 mixed. Now for the safety i ended up going into a wall at around 70mph front first after another driver ran me off the road and with the airbags being nearly 20 years old they still deployed and did me no harm. My front bumper was smashed up to my wheels and i was able to walk away with only a bruised hip. I owe my car much gratitude that my family can have me this christmas