Say nothing bad about the Geo. Gave one to my son with 100K and he did everything to it that your mind can think of. After a total of 350k miles it was still running and he sold it to one of his friends for $500.00. It went on for another year before it gave up the ghost and died.
Was it the Suzuki kind or the Toyota kind or the Isuzu kind?
I have only driven them as rentals so i bow to your experience! LOL.