OK, admit it. You thought the answer was Miata. 
As much as I'd love another one, that's not the answer this time. It's a 1991 Geo Tracker. I actually picked it up a few weeks ago, but a very busy week, followed by a week without electricity kept me from even opening it's door until this weekend.
I picked it up for $500. It's the base 2WD version. 5spd, manual everything, no a/c. So I think it tips the scale around 2150lbs. It's been sitting for 1.5 years. Odometer says 78,000 miles and PO says it's correct. Can't be sure, but it doesn't look whipped like 178k. Long story short, PO said he had been having intermittent starting problems. Eventually thought it was a bad starter. He wound up breaking the wire where it connects to the starter, and it sat after that. So I towed it home. Well, a simple replacement of the connector where the wire hooks to the starter, 45 minutes on my battery charger, and a turn of the key...and voila, it fired up. No smoke, no good awful noises. I just did a quick lap around my driveway to make sure the brakes work then parked it again. Clutch engages up high, so that may need attention at some point. Need to change the oil since it's been sitting so long. Brake pads are gone, rotors probably. Rear window is dry rotted and ripped. Interior is on OK shape. But for $500, pretty cool.
So anyone know much about these things? I know rust is an issue, like any 20 year old Japanese car. What else? The CEL is on. Would this be an OBD I? I don't plan to do any major changes/modifications right now, as I just want to do the basics and get more practice turning wrenches.
I have had many of these. Only thing it real crap is the fuel pumps and computers. Pumps are cheap on eBay and there is a guy who redoes the computers for $75. Any questions shoot me an email be glad to help you out if I can
