Most of them are going to be money pits. If you do get one, you want the 4 cylinder, not the 6.

They're not inherently bad cars... They just weren't quite as good as Hondas and Toyotas of the time... Which is why they were cheaper and marketing at teenagers who wanted something different than the Honda their parents drove.

Which then begins the spiral of they typically have changed hands across multiple teenagers over the past 15 years, multiple people who have no idea about cars and only do repairs when there's a severe failure... Thus keeping the cycle going