Stop now! Nothing but frustration waits for you. I test drove one from a dealer in '92 and was obsessed ever since.
I went through a phase when I really wanted one about three years ago. Lots of research, joined the forum surfed Craigslist and Autrader obsessively, and got very little traction.
If you search you will find project ones for $1-2K and realize that a lot of the parts can come from Geo Storms, but IT'S A TRAP! Most were sold up north and are rust buckets or abused.
I finally got to drive one (it is actually the blue one in your second picture) of the nicest, well kept ones in this part of the country and honestly it was a slow, rattling, dog compared to even a modern Neon. I was crushed, but it ended the obsession. Oh, by the way, the guy wanted $8K for it. (KBB is about 1-2k in primo condition last I checked)
Stop now and don't go any furthur. You will be a happier person.
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