Agreed on the toyota thing, anything i've ever had or been in that's been a DAILY styles toyota (vans, corolla's) etc just won't give in. BUT excel's are the f**king bomb too, our old one just would not die.
And you definitely don't wanna get something that is mildly amusing, and I mean that, even a piece of shit silvia, cos if you have the mod bug, you'll find SOMETHING to do on it. You need something you A) can't touch because there ARE no options or B) aren't allowed to touch (your mum's car would do the trick here).
Personally i'd be going for the Suzuki carry van or a Reliant Robin.
I'm big on style you see