Getting rid of my car... Opinions?

[GasSavers_BEEF]

My father is retiring soon and is going to pass me his 2006 corolla with somewhere between 150 and 180k miles on it. it is in great shape and he drives the crap out of it (just like I do mine) at around 75-100 miles a day.

My cavalier has been good to me but now I am in a dilema of what to do with it. At first glance, the obvious solution is to sell it. I wonder if a better solution would be just to take it to the junk yard instead.

here is my situation...

it has 257,000+ miles on it and has been totalled twice (rebuilt title). It currently has an emissions code and a cylinder 3 missfire code which are intermittent. It will need tires pretty soon (and needs an alignment now). it has developed an oil leak that is more than I want to fool with currently. I just keep refilling though it isn't that bad over time (check it once weekly). The tax value of the car is $388... literally.

I know I can get $200-$250 for the car at the junk yard and I was thinking that is a better solution than putting it on craigslist and having everyone (and their brother) call me about the car. I also worry about calls after the sale given the age and mileage of the car, it is likely to need some repair soon.

my father retires in december so that is when I get the corolla and I have to do something about the cavalier. I currently drive it ~80 miles daily so the miles keep adding. Other than the emissions stuff (which is required for inspection), the car runs fine.

Thoughts?