K cars were decent basic transportation. i don't know much about the X car but there was a schit ton of those running around about 25 years ago. when i was but a lowly E4 i went out and bought a brand new 1986 ford escort. the base model pony. manual steering and brakes and 4 speed, no a/c. it cost me 5400 bucks. i proceeded to drop a 400 dollar bad ass stereo in that thing and drove the schit out of it for 12 years and 160k miles. i even ran that thing plumb out of oil one time and it still ran for several years. it still ran when i sold it to my neighbor for 200 bucks.
