I'm in the same boat. I just junked my daily driver 98' Lumina LTZ. I'm looking for a car with a stick,smaller,and around $2000.
I'm looking at old Honda Civic's and Toyota Corolla's. I prefer the Civic,as I owned a 5-speed 98' years ago,and at the time I drove the Civic and Corolla and thought the Civic was built a little "tighter",so that's what I bought.
I would also consider an Escort if the price were right. I also think the Taurus is a good dependable beater car,but just a little too big for my gas milage needs driving down to IL to work everyday.
I've heard the Focus has dependability issues,so I crossed that off my list. I see Hyundai's (SP?)and Kia's selling for a song,but I don't trust them as I know of nobody with a high milage old one.
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‘63 LeMans- ‘69 400 w/ original transaxle. 2.69 gears.
‘55 Catalina
‘62 Mercury Meteor-all original, bought new by my grandfather
71' GTO -original 400/4-speed/3.23 posi
13.95 @ 102.1 on street tires @ 4055lbs.-now my sons ride
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