It's nice that you want to do something for your mom but I caution you as the others said, I love mine but I knew what I was getting into. You can't have one of these on a budget unless you can do the work yourself and even then you will still spend some coin on parts and time. They are very appealing and tempting now that prices have become affordable. As someone else said if it was taken care of then that's good but even then they can be very fickle especially 03-05, but I love my 03 and she has been good to me so far with almost 150k but not 100% trouble free. The key to these owning these vehicles is awareness. Hope this helps.
