If the price was right that would've made a nice Beater Challenge car...
Anywho...I was inspired by Jacob & Yuri's $5000 Cheap Car Challenge (that they challenged themselves to) and figured I'd check out what the local Kijiji had to offer. And there might even be some gooders in here! So come along with me...or don't...but for $5k or less...these might be fun whether shitboxes or not.
First up, (and I stuck with ONLY manual trans cars) a 98 V6 F-Bird with T-tops!
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/winnipeg/98-firebird/1518589879Right on the money at an asking price of $5g - looks pretty good. Crank windows too so no gremlins there. Only 160k km.
![](https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzYwWDQ4MA==/z/cG4AAOSwLc9fOvZp/$_59.PNG)
First entry from Japan...a Celica GT-S (This one's got some Win! cred, right? I mean spoiler alert!!) Also bang on the top end asking price.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/portage-la-prairie/toyota-celica-gt-s-reduced/1518005396![](https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/0IUAAOSwX9VfNtfH/$_59.JPG)
If the shmuck would've spent 5 minutes Super Cleaning this...it'd be gone by now...why don't people think THIS is important?
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Don't see these often...how about a 2005 Neon SRT? I always thought this would be a hell of a run-about. At $3200 it's well under budget too.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/portage-la-prairie/2005-srt4-acr/1517295885![](https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/ODA2WDE2MDA=/z/UYAAAOSwT69fMcT-/$_59.JPG)
Coming in just under at $4500, how about a 2008 Cobalt SS Turbo? These cars were known to be faster around a track than even the vaunted WRX. Just too bad it's missing the AWD part.
Not even bad for kms.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/winnipeg/cobalt-ss-turbo-charger/1520289711More big spoiler...you know it HAS to be fast then, right?
![](https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTA4MFgxNDQw/z/yxkAAOSwDFtfRqY3/$_59.JPG)
This one's just over budget but surely he could be talked down. And, it has $23,000 in mods!!! WTF!!
2008 Civic
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/winnipeg/2008-honda-civic-ex-l/1520207641I think it needs one size up on the tires...won't be good in the snow. Shi# hit a pothole and you'd probably get hung up.
![](https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Nzg0WDc4NA==/z/-f4AAOSwj5xfRh0w/$_59.PNG)
Our first V8 entry. And it's immaculate. So says the seller.
2001 Mustang GT @ $5000
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/winnipeg/2001-mustang-gt-v-8/1506182528Is it the wheels? That is one ugly Mustang...yeah, it's the wheels...Yuck...
![Hurl :hurl:](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/puke.gif)
Def have to replace those with a nice set of 5 spokes.
![](https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/60IAAOSwlepe3zVx/$_59.JPG)
There were/are plenty of others too, but I figured I'd stick with the more "performance" oriented types.
Now...if only I had $5000 lyin' around...I probably wouldn't spend it on any of these.
![Grin ;D](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/grin.gif)