I know exactly how you feel man. I bought my car for $4750. Since September I have replaced the radiator, hoses, thermostat, t-stat housing ( $50) wires,plugs,cap and rotor, almost tires time, and i have a coolant leak from somewhere and my rear main seal is leaking. Oh yeah and i had to get the exhuast raised up and fixed from a crappy install of the flowmasters. (150)
i have thought to myself that i got ripped off but then i realize that i rarely see LX 5.0 hatchback 5 spds around for as cheap as i got mine. Plus mine is in pretty good condition for a 12 year old car i would guess.
I am not gonna sell it though. I think i may have paid more than i should have because i think the owner was trying to get money back for the mods he already did too it (flows, k+n, clutch, shifter,springs) but i am happy with it. I get a lot of compliments so its all good.
Later