We all have our good and bad experiences with vehicles. I got my daughter a used, low mileage Honda CRV some years ago that drove me nuts with oil consumption! Quart every 1,000 miles or sometimes more. Looked this problem up on the web and multiple-dozens of complaints. Contacted Honda and they say a qt per 1,000 miles is 'acceptable'. Really? So if ya change your oil every 3,000 it's fine to be three quarts down running on two? WDF. Took it to the dealership and they say run a qt of trans oil in it, aha, motor burned thru that too. And the X-warranty platinum coverage, go figger...didn't cover carboned up rings. It was like they knew what not to cover with this pos.
Always being buy American I finally opted to get an '07 used Hyundai Sonata (6 motor though) back in '09. This car was the least hassle ride I ever had and later got an '09 with the 6 being the last year the Sonata came with the 6. Handed off the '07 to my daughter some years ago who's still driving it with 203k on it getting the worst kind of driving a car can get - she lives in the city with crappy streets. I drove a rental 4 motor and didn't notice that big of difference with fuel consumption but was doggier than the 6. Inexpensive ride I'd suggest.