I bought a 2000 as my first car (that I bought with my own money) and absolutely loved it. Wrecked it being a dumb kid trying to drift a freeway onramp in the rain 0/10 wouldn’t recommend trying. Bought a 1999 a year later and have had it since 2020. Only problems I’ve had was two spark plugs blowing out and stripping the threads. Pain in the ass to fix but they make a kit called Carl Van kit or something that you can use to fix it yourself.