Need a new car! Help?
 

So my 97 grand am finally is no longer worth fixing. Everything is rotted, literally almost everything. I need a car to get to my internship while I'm at school and will be driving to and from franklin & westfield on weekends. Looking for decently afforable, not horrible in snow, pretty good gas mileage and I preferably want it to last for a while. Also I would like to keep it from being horribly awful. So I have no idea what to get. Maybe like 2 years old? Not a piece of junk?

Ben will clearly be a huge helper in this decision but just want a larger sample of opinions :)
This is going to be the first not complete beater car I've ever bought sooo I have no idea what I'm doing! :D

gtp maybe? like midnights old car.

Saturn FTW!!! Hahaha. Ive had my 99 5 speed sl2 for awhile now and let me tell ya. Parts are cheep and it gets 30mpg all day long.

are you going to finance? if so that broadens the selection.

yes sir

I agree with the Saturn idea, you would save a ton of money on payments and the cars are cheap to fix and get amazing gas mileage. I'm also not a fan of car payments either.

that car is great if you want the perfect mix of performance and comfortability..without buying a caddie that is...gas mileage was like 19mpg city..so not ideal if MPGs are a concern.

hmm. i think a gtp may be too, idk intense? like i dont need the performance aspect. i need like one step above mom car, or even a mom like car if u know what i mean? lol.

I'm going to submit my typical suggestion for a kid my age looking for cheap reliable and fuel efficient transportation.

S^TURN PWR baby!!!!! :klab:

Saturns, Civics, Corollas, Matrix/Vibe, Yaris, Focus...all good on gas and pretty reliable