for some reason i just got the greatest feeling that i need to have this car its right in my price range and exactly what i am looking for i just really really really hope its a manual or im gonna die. and for some reason i feel like these 2.5gt's are rare as hell to find in a stick. do they even make the limited in a manual? http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/car/546678836.html
oh bummer... i was so excited i completely looked over the fact it has a blown head gasket. an easy fix or no. i know enough to do it but is it a hard project.
1500 estimate for HG fix, is optimistic if done by a dealer. If you own it, you know whether you caught it early and whether just HG would be fine, or you got warped heads or smth. Needs new front tires? Smth wrong with alignment then (or got new in the back earlier = damage to AWD), maybe dead struts or smth. And no, no 98 limited with a stick, so I'd stay away.