What should I do with my car? Need Opinions. Options

[mkernz22]

I'm thinking about what I want to do with my car at this point. She needs a lot of body work and I want to start fixing her up and get her painted. At the same time, it would cost just as much to get a college beater, and I wouldn't have to worry about it getting messed up at college. Either way, the Celica will be off the road at some point. If I do the body work myself and get it painted, it's going to cost about $800, and there's a Jetta on craigslist for $1250. My dad could easily talk the guy down to under a grand, there's no doubt in my mind about that haha. It's black, 5spd, 151k, and it looks to be in good condition. I know there are a lot of people that are older than me on this forum, but in your honest opinion, what would you do out of the choices that I have put up? If your opinions are different from what I have above, please put them down.

This post has been edited by mkernz22: May 16, 2011 - 8:53 AM