Was my first car and I will tell you I beat that thing like no other. I would take it to places that my friends would go with their trucks and I would not have a problem.. The only problem we had with it was the clutch but that was more driver than vehicle. I think it had 200 thousand miles on it when we sold it.. I believe it was a 89 5sp wagon with the 4 wheel drive.. I think on top of that it got like 35 mpg.