2007 Toyota Corolla: 32 Miles Per Gallon and Fun?

I am an 18 year old senior ripe for graduation in less than two weeks. So, due to the fact that my parents are either extraordinarily nice or extraordinarily heavy drug users I was given a brand spanking new car: a 2007 Toyota Corolla CE. The base model, automatic, air conditioning, cruise control, and CD player. That's about it. I looked for the cruise control. Not present. I looked for my seat adjustments. They were manual. OK, I could deal with that. Windows? Manual. I passed out. To this day it's the first thing my friends do when they get in my car, "Wow I haven't done this in forever!" Yeah, I know. Wanna lock the doors? Strap yourself in for a stretch all the way around the car to hit each and every one of those little knobs.

Forgive my rant, for this car makes up for my parents shortsightedness in every way. Being six foot two inches tall, it took some time to adjust the seats properly but it was still an amazingly roomy interior. My father and my brother, both as big and tall as me were able to fit in the car with me comfortably. I have fitted three of my smaller friends in the back seat. Each of the (sparse) buttons and knobs I would need to reach in my travels are well within reach and simple to control. The seats are comfortable and there is a very large lever on the side that it took me forever to figure out what to do with. Turns out, you adjust the seat back with a much tinier knob in a less intuitive location, then when you're close you resort to pumping the big lever, which acts as a precision adjuster. How... Nice. It gets around thirty five miles per gallon and a fill up will run you about twenty five to thiry dollars which will get you a good three hundred fifty, four hundred miles or more.