 I've owned this car for almost 7 months so far.At 16K miles the brakes started to make a strange noise, I thought that it must be due to the extreme cold temperatures we've been having.NOPE, at 17k miles I'm being told that my brakes need service, and guess what it's out of pocket!Never mind that this car is driven 80% highway with limited use of brakes (no heavy traffic).Dealer treats this as NORMAL.I've had a Mazda3 which only needed brakes every 60Kmiles.At this rate I'll be changing brakes every 8 months!Very poor design Hyundai.You may have just lost a(nother) customer.**UPDATE**3.5 years into the ownership and over 100,000 miles on the clock now.Brakes SOMETIMES make a thunk thunk noise - this braking at all speeds, whether in the city or highway, it's just louder on the highway but it seems to be dependent on which way the last sharp turn was made.  More research needed here (by me).Fuel economy reduced slightly by use of new winter tires.  Can't wait to get some summers on shortly for a) a quieter ride and b) improved fuel economy.  The loss is about 5-8%.  A few creaks and groans are audible now, especially when it's freezing outside.  The colder it gets the more the dash area seems to protest, almost like the bits are expanding/contracting at slightly different rates thus causing friction where there is none at warmer temperatures.UPDATE #2I traded in the car at 214,000km (134000miles).  Received very little in trade due to the mileage, that was expected.  I traded in due to a slight ticking coming from the engine.  Upon some googling I discovered that only bad things follow once the ticking starts.  Car (and engine) was probably good for another few years or 50000miles I would guess but I had a chance at picking up something (so much more) exciting I just could not say no.  During all this time (5 years of ownership) I've only had minor gripes with the brakes as read above - performed two "brake services" at shops and when I was trading it in the brakes were fine.  I had the sunroof switch replaced under warranty as it was acting up.  Other than that there was nothing other than regular maintenance done on the car, mostly simple oil changes, a few tire changes, coolant flush and transmission oil replacement (once).  So over all the miles this car was driven, from an expense standpoint it was very good.  It started every morning and took me home every night.  I was never worried that I would be stranded somewhere.  If you can pick one up for a reasonable price, as they drop in value quite drastically still compared to Honda/Toyota even though you get so much more for your money (go figure) go for it.  They are kind of slow in acceleration however the Corolla will be exactly the same with the Civic being slightly quicker (we're talking slightly).   Overall it's a good value but the thousands of hours spent behind the wheel and the ticking starting made me want a new(er) car.