Seeing how much you can get into a Fit I would go with that. We sold a decent sized dresser of my Nanny's to a girl who pulled up in a Fit. My dad was like "Huh, no truck, this won't work." They put the dresser in, closed the hatch and off she went. You could probably carry several cat crates, a bike, whatever you needed. Not the cutest cars but wow, you can fit a lot into a Fit.

I like the looks of the new Scion XD and really liked the XB I test drove.

I have 70k on my Dodge Caliber which can be found for cheap and despite the anti-American car sentiment of most I have found Dodge cars very reliable for me. I put 120k on my Neon and only replaced the tires and an oxygen sensor. DH's dad has 170k on his Caravan and 260k on his Dodge truck.