I'm bet it did not really look and run that bad when it was new Scott, and I'll bet it is not as good as the 2007 Corolla on the market today, albeit it $6,000 more to buy today. ')
Keep running it, WBMA, In another 95,000 or so, if its still going, and your mileage might catch up to my '71 Pinto ;)
On of my grand children has a 2000 Mystique, that was once mine. I has around 230,000 on the clock. Looks runs great.
mike