Which hatch (or car) for me?

Thanks for the offers (jrw & gtv6), I will let you know if I find anything in your area.

How hard is it to find parts for a Peugeot 505?

Pretty damn hard, honestly, however, I know of one in a junkyard within 10 miles of campus

Yea I found one in my town for $700 but I would probably have better luck keeping that Volvo 122 running.

http://mansfield.craigslist.org/cto/1064890967.html

EvanB wrote: Yea I found one in my town for $700 but I would probably have better luck keeping that Volvo 122 running. http://mansfield.craigslist.org/cto/1064890967.html

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http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/1101190598.html

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One nice sleeper.

I would prefer more than two seats but I don't think it is really a necessity.

I don't understand... you have a miata. It is a car that sells for less than $3k, is mostly invisible, parks easy, good on gas... doesn't suck and you can replace 99% of it from the junkyard for cheap or replace the whole thing for beater money (unless your car is all tarted up ;) ).

If you have a "special" Miata... just get another one.

the answer is "wagon"..... cheap, dont attract attention, hold a ton of gear, and you can live in it when the bottom falls out.. I had a k-car wagon for awhile (think it was a mid-late 80's model), despite the fact i hated k-cars, and wagons, that was a great wagon, and i became very fond of it very quickly... even the blood sucking, vain, money thieving ex who gave me attitude everytime we went out in anything besides the p-car grew to love it. when i figured out she did, i gave it away... i now like wagons, and the ex is long out of my life...

walterj wrote: I don't understand... you have a miata. It is a car that sells for less than $3k, is mostly invisible, parks easy, good on gas...

My Miata is "special" and I don't really see the point of getting two of the same car when there are many other cars I want to own in my life.

I found another option (http://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/1081662064.html). I have always wanted a Rabbit but don't know if I would want the diesel after some bad experiences with my Merc diesel. I would imagine that the Rabbit is a little easier to work on though and I could always swap a gas engine in if it got too bad. It looks very clean.

^rabbit diesel is the definition of the slowest car ever.

Thats another reason why I was hesitant to get it. And I just found this: http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/1102116870.html