I've owned this car for 10 1/2 years and have 179,000 miles on it. I've had to do the usual maintenance to it, brakes, oil changes, tie rod ends, wheel bearings. tires,tune ups, etc. The only high dollar maintenance I've ever had to do was replacing the A/C compressor! I'm a weekend mechanic so he majority of the maintenance I've done myself. This car is super easy to work on! For the … most part, I would average 32 - 35 MPG on the highway. Not bad for a family car!