Cars for $5000-$7000

[Spudz27]

Hey guys. In a month or so I will receive and inheritance from my grans estate. My plan is to pay the 14k owed on the Camry, then try to sell it for $10,000, which should be achievable seeing as it is an 03 V6 Sportivo with only 119k on the clock, cruise, full climate control, 6 stack CD, full trip computer (even the 06 2.4 sportivo has no trip computer) and I will pay for timing belt to be done before sold as it is due at 130,000 according to my book. Then buy a $5000-$7000 small car and put the rest back into the savings. I don't have a job at the moment, but my inheritance is not to be used as my income, it is to pay debts and then save remainder, so if I can make some money back on the camry, and still have a car to drive that would be great. I am not overly worried about brand, just prefer it to be small, pref auto and pref 1.8-2ltrs.

Any advice would be awesome. I considered buying another ED (really miss my ED) for $1000-$2000, spending $3000 making it nice, but I think it may be a silly thing and not something my gran would approve lol.

Forgot to add, another reason for getting rid of the camry is that even though in nearly 3yrs nothing has ever needed repairing (even coolant is still the bright pink colour) it uses fuel like it is endless, like 13.9l/100km avg. I have done new plugs etc, have not done fuel filter yet and still running on 91 (fairmont get's 98) even though under load it sounds like it is pinging.