 My wife and I purchased this car used in December 2006.  One main reason was for its reported gas mileage.  Another was for its "value".  This car has been one problem after another.  Multiple issues with the brakes (took them 4 times back in the shop to finally fix the problem). The paint downright fading/falling off on the door handles. MPG is around 19/21 even after the ridiculously expensive 60k mile service ($1200) and bringing it back again for diagnostics to see if something was wrong to cause poor fuel economy. Nothing found, but tried to up sell the injector cleaning service. Now, the vehicle feels like the trans is having some problems.  Done with it. Trading it in this weekend.