This next car comes as a tip from Jeff who writes: For a first car or daily beater, this one is hard to beat.... unless you're over 6 ft. tall. I agree on the daily driver or kids first car, and the ad is good...but my only question is -- who would put synthetic oil in a Yaris!?!? That's like feeding duck liver pate to the pet pig. Find this 2009 Toyota Yaris offered for $3495 in Houston, TX via craigslist.
If you are at all a fan of the 24 Hours of LeMons, you must be familiar with the name Eyesore racing -- this is the (only) team to win the trip to LeMans (in France) after winning the LeMons (the $500 junker race series). If you are a DT Radio fan, you might have heard legendary Sport Compact Car Editor Dave Coleman talk about the origins of the Eyesore name...and here is your chance to buy the original Eyesore in the rusty flesh. Find this 1971 Datsun 510 here on eBay bidding for $2,700 with 7 days to go, located in Long Beach, CA.
Raphael Orlove of Jalopnik just released the car-nut equivalent of March Madness -- a bracket style competition of 64 beaters, all competing for a shot at glory. Readers of the site will be able to vote on which car moves forward and is eventually crowned the winner, you can read the full article about the unfortunately named March Madness Beat-Off here. 