I love my classic. It will flat our cut grass, but I have really been disappointed in the quality of some of the parts.
My mover currently has 227 hours on it. I use it to maintain a Bermuda lawn which is just over one acre. In 227 hours, I have had to replace the main belt, an idler pulley for the drive belt and one of the blade bearing assemblies on the mower deck. I own an auto repair facility and I know how to maintain equipment so a lack of maintenance was not the issue. The bearings I removed were made in China which may have been an issue.