My old roommate's S10 had 320,000 miles on it and ran like a champ. But dude, you're looking for a first car.. Odds are you're gonna destroy the fuckin thing anyways. Buy a cheap turd that just plain runs. It'll build character, and later in life you can be all like "yeah man I remember that little Sex10.. I boned so many whores in the back of that thing. Remember Ricky? The dude who wrecked his Mustang and I pulled him out of a ditch that Winter? yeah I boned his girl a few days later" etc