Fun reliable car to buy with $3,000 or less budget?

Asked by Car32enthus4 Oct 04, 2017 at 04:47 PM

Question type: Shopping & Pricing

I'm a college student looking to buy a car with good performance with a
manual transmission, than I can easily get parts for and the car looks good.
something that a 6'4" guy won't look funny getting out of lol

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You need to scale back your expectations. Your budget can get you an older, high mile car but not much else. You could look for a 20 year old Mustang but most will have been beat to death by Ricky Racer and his buddies.

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