 Gets about 30mpg about everywhere. Never had an issue with reliability but oil consumption... head gasket tends to go bad... I spend $8 month REFILLING the oil. Safety... no anti-lock breaks... no bells/whistles. Front airbag only (does it work?). Should be illegal to produce a car so equipped. Car rusts easily, no fiberglass to speak of... junking this one because it's badly corroded over 15 years. It also has numerous dents, some serious, that were incurred from no more than sliding into stuff in bad weather. Car crumples like nobody's business. Exhaust rusted off 12 years after manufacture... 1,000 dollars a year on average upkeep and yet I can tell I'm losing ground nonetheless. Pretty sure Toyota intended that this car not last the decade of its manufacture... uses a hybrid engine without the battery (reason it gets 30 in the city) and without the proper cams! 10 mpg penalty for no reason at all... oh, well to boost the oil companies.