[jcp123]

Congrats. Good car. My Ma has had one of similar vintage (2005, I think) but automatic for a good long while now. She really enjoys it, it's a nice-driving car although I find the FE isn't all that plentiful.

Between working at a parts store and witnessing it firsthand, the two main problems are motor mounts which wear out (I can't recall which one, anymore, but there was a specific one which liked to go), and thermostats. The thermostat kinda sucks only because you have to buy the entire thermostat housing to replace it, which kicks the cost up a little bit.

Everything else has been shockingly reliable. Hers has just created 100k miles.