I don't blame you one bit for being excited! I'm already excited about my potential truck acquisition and that's still a year away, if it actually happens...we will see where we're at in a year. I think I'll hopefully have less invested in mine than the average locally bought used car, since mine would be more or less given to me and I can hopefully come up with some alternative fuel.
A Geo is a little gas powered car, with manual transmission...tiny but really good gas mileage! It's probaby best if I learn at first on an automatic but all the vehicles I'l be around and learning to drive with are manuals which is not necessarily a bad thing. They're my dad's 1989 R22 Toyota pickup, my godparents' Geo, etc. And my potential future 1971 Deuce and a half would also be a manual, with a non-standard pattern too from what I've researched, though I don't remember exactly what. But I will be having plenty of practice driving a stick LOL, probably on a daily basis!
It has indeed gotten a bit of a facelift! I love the result but it's a lot of maintenence and money. If I end up with it I'm happy, but if it sellc I'll honestly be just as happy, it's a huge responsibility and I'll be far away and thus not involved very much for 4 years while in college in Fairbanks.