Pretty much most old Hondas (Civic, Accords, whatever) in addition to a GM with a 3.1L V6 (Chevy Malibu, Chevy Venture, Grand Am, some Buicks) will run for quite a while, even if they have problems. I have a Malibu with 180k on it and she has never done me wrong in nearly 50k miles of ownership. Other options like a car with a 3800 (Grand Prixs of pretty much any year, most 2000-era Buicks) will do even better without sacrificing power. Plus Buicks are cheap for what you get. Usually they're in good shape and have some nice clean interiors with power options. Plus they're loving Buicks so they drive awesome.
Idk. Depends on your area what you want to look at with $1200.
In other news, Dart went back in storage earlier this week after a random warm spell.
