Clean and running well is 4-5k for any used car. This thing will go 200+  miles without much effort, plus AWD.

Came here to say this about the panel gaps. Looks rode hard and put away wet, to say the least.

CP

buy this used jeep for the price of a new jeep

67 Camaro in Better of Dead.

Just get the Civic Si. It’ll go 10 years easily, be cheap to run, be good on gas, is small by modern standards, and plenty zippy and will have lots of aftermarket support. It’s also way under your budget. Since you said 2 seats was ok you could just get this in a 2-door. I can’t recommend a Miata or a BRZ/86 in an…

I live elbow to butthole with a million Audi SUV driving lawyers in downtown Houston.

Wrong.  That car kicked ass when it was new.

Mediocre?  So is 308 Ferrari by today’s standards.

I had an 84 Supra that I bought used in 86. It was not a mediocre car at the time. It was more of a boulevard cruiser than a sports car, but it was a fun car.

This, when local high schoolers are driving the same vehicle, but one or two generations newer, that’s when you have an old car. 

I remember in college we all drove absolute junk. Like anything made in the previous ten years was like “ooooh lookit mr fancypants in his seven year old Subaru”.

When I can drive by a high school parking lot and see that every car in the lot is newer than it.

I don’t get the big deal. The cars are the cars, go inspect them and bid what they are worth. Calling it a barn find really has no bearing on the value. 

I question the judgement of someone who does something like that in the first place. The fact that the stock wheels are available aren’t the issue.

The more you mod it, the less it’s worth. Why do Subaru owners not understand this?

Cp just for the wheels.

Have I been asleep all this time? When did these enter collected status?

Try to assert arm rest space ownership on the other side if you can, it is like an unspoken turf war with the middle seat.