Looking locally for mid-90's Geo Tracker

Maybe she's been watching HD Theater on cable and caught the show "Wheeler Dealers". They recently had a two-parter where they refurbished a Tracker or Samurai. The show made the ride seem appealing and affordable!

 

Here are two within reasonable distance:

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/searchresults.jsp?num_records=25&search_lang=en&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&search_type=both&distance=50&address=28217&marketZipError=false&style_flag=1&make=GEO&model=GEOTRACK&make2=&start_year=1981&end_year=2010&min_price=&max_price=&seller_type=b&transmission=&engine=&drive=&doors=&fuel=&max_mileage=&color=&keywordsrep=&keywordsfyc=&keywords_display=&sort_type=priceDESC&x=44&y=8&body_code=0&certified=&advanced=&highlightFirstMakeModel=&showZipError=n&default_sort=priceDESC&awsp=false&keywordsrep=&keywordsfyc=&systime=&rdm=1239321469332

The white one is more feminine, but with markedly higher miles. The black one looks like a trip - changing the black wheels to standard silver and ditching the "skull + crossbones" tire cover would make it appear less threatening.

Remember that the Geo Tracker and the Suzuki Samurai were identical, badge-engineered cousins.

 

FWIW, A good buddy of mine lived on the island of St. Kitts for 4 years. There are more unpaved then paved roads there and little if any certified mechanics. Anyway, he drove an old Tracker and put a ton of the hardest miles a car has ever seen for those 4 years and the car never gave him a problem.

Your daughter may be on to something!

 

Who's going to pay the repair bills?...because with either of those cars there will be plenty. I've had a couple of friends with them and they were forever being repaired for some reason or another. Buy a Honda CRV or a RAV4 if she wants a small SUV, but a Tracker...no thanks, that was at the prime of GM crap.

 

Is that a snorkel on the black one? Perfect for those times when the river rises.

 

+1. The tracker is a really sturdy old style body on frame SUV. It is extremely simple. ANYONE can work on it and parts are VERY cheap--which is why they exist at all on a tiny remote island like St. Kitts. This was not a GM product. In fact, it probably is more Suzuki. My friends car was absolutely bullet proof, was never cleaned, had no top, and sat exposed to the monsoons of St. Kitts, all year long in addition to the mud, salt and unending pounding of dirt roads that bore a better resemblance to a wall than an actual road. 4 years, a ton of miles, no services, and no repairs. For the money, they are really good cars.