Sorry to hear about your accident, hope you have a full recovery soon.
Don't want to hijack thread... but I will.
Wife is driving a 1999 Nissan pickup that is falling apart... would like to get her something more functional... but $10K would be better than $16K
because of all the recommendation here I was thinking Mazda3 or Subaru.
But she is thinking new beetle
2000-2003 might be in our price range?
We like the mini... but I don't think we could get one for $10K? And I hear they start to rattle apart when they get into high millage.