I had one, loved it, traded it for my long arm just yesterday. Never had a moment's trouble with it. But I had bought a Janome Horizon, which was an upgrade from the 6600. No, it doesn't look like a race car(candy apple red!), it looks like an SUV. But it is an incredibly serviceable machine. I only traded it because having as many machines as I had was ridiculous. Too bad I couldn't sell it to you!