DON'T PASS THAT UP!! I absolutely love mine. I have my grandma's and my mothers (Grandma's is a black Centennial edition and my mom's is the white one). They are the first machines I ever sewed on and I don't think my mom OR my grandma ever took them in for service. I'm not even sure that they were oiled regularly. Both of them hum along just perfectly, have an absolutely perfect straight stitch, and I've never had a problem with either one of them. I bought the CD and book on how to do maintenance on them and took my grandma's apart (myself! - and it was EASY) and cleaned and oiled her and she just purrs! You'll never be sorry. :-)