My mother bought this car brand new and she passed it on to me in '06. Since then, it has been very reliable and luckily I have minimal money invested in it. A few things went wrong while I owned it in the past 7 years, rotors went, needed new power steering pump, new tires, something leaked a little (sorry, forgot what), seat belt sensor would turn on and off on it's own. But other than that, it has been bullet proof. I put less money into fixing it than average so I am very happy. I get about 400km per tank but that is with a huge and heavy subwoofer in the trunk so you may see a bit more. I got it up to 148,000km until I finally sold it about a month ago and I was sorry to see it go. I honestly believe I could of drove that car up to 300,000km with proper maintenance. The engine was still pulling strong, but it was time for an upgrade. I say it's not perfect, but overall, mechanically, I had less issues than expected so I reccomend it.