 I knew that I was not buying a luxury car, so I didn't expect it to be comfortable.  But I did expect that for 20,000 (with interest) my 2001 Kia Sephia would be reliable.  My car has failed on me 10 times in the past two years, all ten times the problem being my battery...dead, no matter the weather or how long my car was sitting.  My dash lights also go out on occasion which really sucks because it's usually nice to know how fast you are going. My Kia stinks.