Was tossing up between the cube and the golf for cheap shitty daily that I could give some epic stance.
Cube 12k purchase price with hookups, almost $6k in mods ($2k for airbag suspension, $1.5k wheels, $1k paint, panels and parts, $1k stereo, tint n all the wanky shit).
Golf $5k plus $6k = 11k which is under the purchase price of a cube. Cube is 2003 model, Golf is 2002. meh, still much more modern and reliable than a clunker of a skyline.