Dude, you are so lucky. I'd do anything for a beater. I wouldn't care how bad it looked, it would make me appreciate my car more.
Its really not that bad, I would paint it flat black and cut the springs with some stock 5 spoke nissan rims or something. Ball that **** oout homeslice.
the only other thing I'm going to do to it besides put gas in it and new tires when it needs it, are oil changes, and a cd player I'm getting from my friend for free... maybe a TypeR badge for the hell of it I need thoes 20 extra horse powers
here ya go its no comparison my cobra 17-20mpg my civic 35-38mpg you will love it espically cause that thing prolly dont hold more than 15 in gas my cobra took $35.00 to fill the other day.
My Suzuki Swift will own it. I sometimes wish I still had my Corolla as a DD. The worst gas mileage I ever got with that thing was 28mpg, and that was non-stop WOT (if there is such a thing with a corolla). On the highway I would see upwards of 38!!