They are good bang for your buck perfomance wise, but they can be money pits. I owned a 2nd gen and it definantly was a money pit. Nothing major ever went wrong, it was just little BS stuff. Nothing major will ever go wrong if you take care of it, but they can nickel and dime you to death. I know people that never had problems with them though, I guess it just depends. The 1st gens were better cars IMHO though. Better block, lighter, cheaper, and from all that i've seen more reliable.

How much you getting it for, and how many miles does it have on it?