CAR?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Okay, so I'm driving in exactly 364 days, and I was thinking: either I'll put some decent money into a cool car, and that'll be the end of it. OR, I'll buy a piece of crap cheap and put the rest of the money in getting a decent paintjob and tuning it and making it sweet. So, my first question is, which do you think I should do, and SECOND, what is a cool old junker, like that hatchback that they used on Mythbusters for the fire hose myth. Thirdly, what's a cool car for $25k or under, and don't say the Camaro, because I'm already considering that one, and don't say the Challenger because I don't really like those, and don't say the Mustang 'cuz I don;t like those either, not even the 2010 one.