Let me put it nice and simple for ya, YOU DO NOT WANT A FIXER UPPER FOR A FIRST CAR. Unless you are in auto class or are doing this as a project car...
Listen now or Learn the hard way...
^^ the guy up there knows...
$300 Toyota Tercel Drive it for 2-3 Years. Save the $ and put it down on a Nice car... LOL Exactly what I did..
Then Sold it 2.5 years later for $300. LOL Sweet,