Welp, I had been talking about buying a cage for quite some time (I've been riding my Ninja 250 as a daily driver). I finally found a good cheap car to use as a commuter when i can't ride my Ninja.
I bought her real cheap. Price of car + registration + title + 1yr of car insurance hasn't even exceeded $1000... can't really beat that! Its a 99' Saturn SL1 5spd. Its blue with the blackish plastic bumpers. 150,000 miles but still has good compression, no abnormal engine noises, transmission is good. Grey cloth interior in excellent condition. Body was in ok shape, it has the common GM paint failure on the front of the hood... nothing i can't fix. It also had the common saturn shift bushing issue (PO had the shift linkage zip-tied to the cable linkage). I temporarily fixed it by tapping the shift arm and using some a bolt with washers.
I've been reading about people getting well over the EPA on this car (around 30 combined). I plan to reach near 50mpg combined with the car using tried and true driving techniques that I have practiced on my Ninja 250 to achieve 101mpg.
I'd like to do some aero mods to the car. I think I'll start with a mostly full grill block and then go from there.
