Quote Originally Posted by XanRules
Alright, I'll make this short and sweet.

I don't know a whole lot about cars.
As much as I love driving my dad's Legacy around, I need a ride of my own.
I'm heading to college soon.

So here's what I'm looking for:

-Something reliable.
-Something that looks cool.
-Something that they make a good deal of parts for, I like to tinker.
-Something that hasn't been so modded that it looks like a robot.
-Something that someone like me, who doesn't know much of anything, could work on without having to go to college for another 10 years.
-Something with a lot of trunk space: I'm a musician, I need to haul amps around.
-Something that, preferably, is not yellow, or at least not so yellow it makes my eyes bleed.

My maximum is $4000.

Anyone?
Weird request, I know

Thanks!
-Xan

This post has made my day.
In my years of ricing and racing (mostly ricing), I've seen plenty of cars that looks like a robot and seen enough of those colors that I would take bright neon yellow to be reasonable.

As far as cars tinkering around, I'd highly recommend hondas. I would start from one of those nice 5th gen accords 94-97. They are like tanks.