My First Car?

Since I have never owned a car before, I have always been on the look out for a potential first car. Many of my friends got cars or where given one of their parents at age 16 or even before sometimes. For me it just never happened. I thought about it and fell seriously in love once with this khaki colored 89 jeep, but it just never worked out. I guess we just had different priorities and we ended up going in different directions. I spent my money and went to Ireland, he stayed home, parked on the side of the road with a FOR SALE sign pasted to his windshield. When I got home he was still there and I'd occasionally take a "short cut" and glance at his beautiful tan body, but my bank account was empty and that was the end of that. From then on my search never went farther then a look in the auto part of the classifieds. 

Though, lately, my "need" for my own set of wheel has become strong, and it helps that I have some extra money laying around. I have been looking and talking around about used cars. I really want to commit but am so terrified of being tied down from then on. Insurance, maintenance, inspection, registration all those things make me run for the door. On the other side it would give me more flexibility with jobs and in turn maybe making more money. It's just a back a forth see-saw in my mind. 

I've been looking on craigs list searching for something under 1,000, either a volvo or subaru. Here's the link for one I am interested in http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/1172722011.html I would have to take some experience people with me, probably my dad, to see if it's the real deal. I e-mailed the guy and he said he'd sell it for 800, which is in my budget. I don't know I'll have to wait and see, most likely I just flake out like usual. Once again, I think I have some serious commitment issues. Every since my first love my urges have never been the same.

P.S. isn't the volvo pretty cute