Brendo, if you can find another few grand ( ) then this is the one you should look very hard at. It's a coupe, so will always be more expensive than a 2+2, but it certainly suits your daily driver condition and I don't think it need anything done to it.
http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,10193.0.html
For what it is worth, you should buy the best car you can afford to start with. It ALWAYS works out cheaper in the long (and short) run!! I've spent 6K so far on a pile of holey tin!
My 2 cents.
MaygZ