My wife bought one years ago....around a '99 to a '02 I believe. Ran like a champ but was a terrible thing to drive in snow! Never experienced this in ANY other front wheel drive vehicle but that back end would swing around on you when you least expected it. She told me about this happening to her twice and of course I assumed it was her driving. Found out myself that this would happen in the blink of an eye when you LEAST expected it! Hard to see out of....but it was a sharp car that never let her down. Zero maintenance issues . Good luck!