The car is great.
I'm on my third. I love the boxy 1st gen cars 1987/88. I never owned a FI one but I here they are better, the are not avalable in the 1st gen. The carb version has it's carb problems but they are fine. I agree the auto trans you should stay away from as they were not perfected. I never owned a all wheel drive but thy should be good. The one I had with AC always worked and when I pulled it off the road because of rust it still worked. Watch out for rust. They rust all over. What else? The drivers side CV joint will only last about 200k miles, The exhaust gasket at the cat leakes all the time. The muffler only lasts about 50k. But I'm hoping to get 10 more years out of the 87 I'm now driving. They have both gone over 200k and still ran well, just rust. 5 speed is the only way to go. All of mine have been DL's I would love to get one more and it will be a GL. They had a tach and full gages, Rear window wiper, Split rear seats. That kind of cool stuff.
Nuff said: Just buy one!