Originally Posted by MrFatbooty

Cargo space is limited and if you wanna drive it in the winter you absolutely need a set of snow tires. Even then you won't be able to drive through big snow piles because it's really low to the ground, but it will go on roads with a coating of snow on em. Only with snow tires.

And I would go for at least an '02 or newer because the '00-'01 have a plastic rear window. If you're going to be doing a decent amount of top-up driving that window gets all scratched and fogged up and is just a pain to deal with.