 This was my first car and honestly it was great.The car lasted up to 230,000 miles, and the only reason it died was because I had given it to my irresponsible younger brother who had driven it for 30,000 miles without getting a single oil change... even after that with a huge knock under the hood, it would still start up and drive down the road.PROS:1. The transmission was great. The car had no problem going 100 mph... it actually had a better ride going faster.2. It ALWAYS started. Most reliable car ever.3. Awesome sound system for a stock radio. My bass bumped better than a custom speaker.4. It was okay to slack a little on oil changes.Now for the negatives...1. Electrical problems. The cigarette lighter stopped working as well as one of the power outlets. It was not a blown fuse either, they just stopped working for no rhyme or reason.2. CD player would skip when hitting the brakes or taking a right turn.3. The cassette player would spit a tape out when the car was cold. No problems once it started heating up.4. Easily weighed down/bottoms out. Fitting five people in the car and driving over a small bump would be the scariest thing ever. 5. Constant minor repairs. I've had quite a few with this car out of the six years that I drove it...Repairs:1. Struts. I think I replaced them three or four times. I would drive through a massive pothole and the stuts would be fine... but then one day out of random, they'd be s***.2. Replaced the timing belt at 180k. It was previously replaced at 90k.3. EXHAUST. I forget the amount of times I had gotten a random whole in my exhaust pipe. I remember it happening to me very frequently.4. It had another on&off problem before I had given the car to my brother where I would start it and the RPMS would go very low causing the car to stall out. I have no idea why this happened, but I would give it a few mins and it would be good to go again. It would do this a couple of times every few months or so.All in all, a really reliable car. I still see them everywhere in 2015 and there is a reason. That car had taken me everywhere and I beat it up... but it always drove.