4-5 years of college and an intended tradesman career as an electrician or plumber? student loans, housing, groceries, tools, medical cover, tradesman training and a $20,000+ car? im seeing some crossed wires or misthreaded pipes here. absolutely no disrespect intended but a dream car needing money and attention should be on the bottom of the list.
a decently used, reliable, value priced, simple hatchback could suffice to haul some gear and provide a bit of tossable fun: toyota matrix or yaris, kia soul, scion xb or xd, honda fit.
i am partial to my yaris. i fell in love after daily 3+ years seeing the vios sedan body style faithfully in action as southeast asia’s taxi of choice hauling all manners of passengers and gear, on/near all manners of roads, by all manners of drivers, in all manners of people-, truck-, car-, motorbike- and animal-infested traffic.