It was a good car; ran it till the wheels fell off. I learned a lot about taking care of a car - my dad taught me all that, which is good to now.
Granted, with a lot of most modern new cars, you need an advanced degree from MIT.
Did the wing nut on the air filter housing work loose at highway speeds? That happened several times on my Mustang II 4 cylinder engine. It would get a little louder for a few seconds, then “zing” followed by various metallic noises. Kept spare wing nuts in the glovebox, lol. That actually was a decent little engine as far as reliability, hard to kill it as long as the oil was changed and not allowed to get low. Slow and sort of rough, though.