Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla. May not get the under 100k & $4k in the same car, but you likely won't have any problems with them for 200k miles either provided basic maintenance is done.
Friend bought a Ford Focus for cheap and while it's been a decent car, it's needed a LOT of work he didn't intend to do (nor did the previous owner know about). He spent around $3500 and has probably put in another $3500 fixing all sorts of problems like leaky engine seals, leaky transmission (almost to the point of failure), etc. The Ford Taurus I am not overly familiar with, but they seem to suffer from a bland styling and potential transmission issues based on reading I've done.
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