The rise in popularity of 1990s vehicles continues unabated. The values may not be shockingly high, but it has gotten pretty easy to make a good flip out of cars and trucks that were once just average runabouts. Small SUVs that had actual off-road utility are among the more popular segments right now, so if you find a survivor rig like a Suzuki Samurai or a Geo Tracker like this one here on Facebook Marketplace for $5,000, I’d grab it. This Tracker comes in one of the best factory colors offered and also features the rare factory hardtop, and with 150,000 miles, it presents quite well.

This is one of those vehicles that just pops up on Marketplace by an original or second owner for some paltry sum and will immediately get snatched up. This doesn’t strike me as one of those vehicles but rather just a local 4×4 that has traded hands as an average used car. The asking price seems quite fair for a rust-free, running example, especially with the hard-to-find hardtop included. I’d say the color also adds some value here as this is one of the “brochure” paint jobs, for lack of a better term. Yellow, teal, fuschia, and the like were all the rage in the 1990s, and Chevrolet went deep on these iconic shades, from the Beretta to the Storm.

The funk extended to the interior, with an equally-pleasing upholstery pattern. The steering wheel, dash, and door panels all look pretty clean for 150,000 miles and the backseat appears practically unused. Somewhat hilariously, the seller admits never using the 4WD system and “…I don’t even know how to operate it.” Now, I can see the automatic transmission being the feature that keeps this clean Tracker from selling immediately, but I’m here to tell you not to be spooked by the slushbox. I say this as someone who is a staunch defender of the manual gearbox, but I also own a 1989 Isuzu Trooper RS which has the optional Aisin automatic. It moves out of its way just fine and wouldn’t be dramatically faster with the stick, so I wouldn’t let the automatic deter you if all the other boxes are checked.

Now, I will say, there’s an important difference between the Tracker and my Trooper: my Trooper has a four-cylinder with 12o horsepower and 150 lb.-ft. of torque. The Geo, on the other hand, has 80 horsepower and 94 lb.-ft. of torque, so I may have to eat some crow and admit that an automatic with under 100 b.h.p. could limit its usefulness outside of a community where the max speed of 25 miles per hour. Regardless, the Tracker looks great in photos, and given how few pop up for sale with most of the other boxes checked, beggars can’t be choosers. One thing it does need, however, is the original decal kit here on eBay.