Hell I think they're good cars - just don't drive anywhere for any extended length of time. At least for me, the seats are uncomfortable. You can tell they're made for a... "shorter" buyer, not tall people. At any rate, yes, for $10k you get quite a bit of room, no horsepower, and good gas mileage. Like I mentioned, I have 100k on mine now and I haven't had any issues (apart from being t-boned and rear-ended). I just change the oil every 5k and the Jap under the hood every 30k.
Doin' good!