I know this is off of the Suzuki topic, but I need some info

. What is a good inexpensive digital camera that has decent options (capacity, zoom, resolution, etc.)

I will be using this for trail and modifiaction photos. I dont want to spend alot of money on something that will be bouncing around in my glove box ,getting muddy and greasy.
Also what options should I realy look for

nThe guy at the camera shop is trying to sell me a $400 set up with video some rediculous soom and other things I don't need. His sell point is that I wont get decent photos out of the cheap ones :-/
Help,
Zig