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I wasn't really looking seriously, but I was tempted by a 94 Saturn SW2 5-speed advertised on Craigslist for $400. The manual wagons are rare - I've gotten two SL2s in the past because I wasn't able to find a wagon with a stick. I figured it was too good to be true, but for the price it was cheaper than a hardtop for the Miata I'd been planning to drive through winter. It was probably a beater, or an SW1 and the guy didn't know it.
Nope. It truly was as advertised, and for a 15 year old car it was in great shape, inside and out. Many recent parts - alternator, brake lines... Run synthetic oil since the current owner got it in 1994 with 10k miles (now 186k)... Even has a Thrush muffler with a nice rumble, and a cheap intake exactly as described in a tech article I wrote for Sixthsphere. It was too good to be true, but it WAS true. So I did what any GRMer would do - got it for $300. 
The current plan is to drive it through the winter and take it from there. It has certainly occurred to me that the $1710 left in a Challenge budget is much better than the $1750 SPENT on the $2004 Challenge SL2. It's also occurred to me that perhaps a supercharger could be made to fit where the AC compressor would go if the car was so equipped... 
But I do intend to keep it stock looking. The great thing about a Saturn, especially a wagon, is the sleeper value. Nobody expects it to be quick. So it's that much sweeter when it IS quick.
if only I could fit in a 1st gen...
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