About $3000 in the first 8 months of owning the car and the air conditioning still doesn't work.
I got owned hardcore, but I still like the car. After the car kinda got "ironed out" with me, I have not had a single problem with it. I am just waiting for the tranny to go south, but the tranny shop seems to think I've got about a year before I need to worry about that.
After I:
Dropped the car, without wheels, on the ground because of my useless jack, smashing the brake rotors on the pavement. The rotors made holes in the pavement and worked fine when I put it all back together. Wtf?
Ran off the road and smashed into a snowbank. Total damage? $0.
Head on collision with another Gen 3 at around 10 mph. Total damage? $7.99. Touch up paint. Bumper.
Since the car's engine has about 44,000 miles on it and the car itself has close to 115,000, it is worth far more to me than anyone else, so it will be mine for the next few years. I will be doing some interior upgrades to it, replacing or repainting a couple panels that are dirty or shot, adding leather, etc.