Jeep Patriot with a 5 speed manual.
I bought a 2016 jeep Patriot with a 5 speed manual - base model and I love it for a daily driver. paid $15k - car had 10k miles on it.
i bought it in jan 2018 (1 year) no issues around 26k miles on it. love this car - so simple, so practical
looks good, the 5 speed keeps it nice, will age well. there are several jeep patriots 200k miles on them.
i needed a simple small SUV daily driver and the jeep patriot has a been a big winner. a daily driver should be very simple. my roush convertible was my weekend baby. I am not a fan of expensive or flashy daily drivers! get a simple daily and use the money for your FUN car purchase.
here are some patriots for sale - randomly pulled via craigslist
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=Jeep%20Patriot