I know you say you won't travel for a purchase and I totally get that, but:
https://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/5898468685.html
A G1 Insight for under $2000 and it doesn't look like it's in too rough a shape. If I didn't need at least three seats for us carpooling, I'd think about it. But you called it: over 200K miles. It does have the manny though.