beaters what options do us mopar lovers have?

I'll vouch for the daytonas also, especially with the turbo or even the v6 was a quick little car with very respectable gas mileage. I had an 88 shelby z with the turbo 2.2 and my brother had 92 with the 3.0 V6. Both very fun rides. I broke a lot of stuff, but that was more my driving than the car. My brother did have the tranny replaced, but that was it. Unfortunately, the A Slip oh 4 (A604) tranny did have some growing pains in the early 90's. Parents had a 94 spirit with the 3.0 and the 4 speed. Did the tranny in that too, under warranty. Have you looked at the cloud cars? Cirrus, Stratus, Breeze all decent cars and I'm sure you can find those cheap.