@mookypants: Do it man. Before you go invest in some new sway bars. They're under $200 and will take about 2 hours to install. Keeps the wagon from rolling over like a Labrador.
@Ross Hettel: The next step is the upgrades, I'm just waiting for the temperature to come down a little bit here in Florida so it's bearable to be in the garage.
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Amen, I went through the exact same craigslist shopping, but mine ended up with a purchase. I wanted an American classic, something that I could learn to work on in my garage and fire up in the middle of the night to wake the neighbors. Unfortunately, just as you said, the asking prices were astronomical.
Any soccer mom SUV that gets that once in a lifetime chance to put rubber on something besides pavement.
Anyone can do a hot lap of the Nurburgring, but not everyone can do it in a Ruf CTR that keeps trying to put the back end ahead of the front.
I got pulled over for my license plate lights being too dim. The guy thought he was gonna get a huge drug bust out of me because I was driving my 96 Suburban with 5 years of Bonnaroo stickers all over it.