Your fantasy fleet of low and midpriced cars to replace your miata with
#41
I like new tech. I love the technology. However, I don't want to own it because it's harder to fix in the garage with a hammer. And too expensive. Ideally the wife would have something new, practical, reliable, and fun. I'd have 3 or more things to keep running or modding. Sorta what I have now minus the wife having a new ish ride.
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I like emilio's list. As a buddy once said, "with enough money, there would be no daily driver; there would only be backup race cars..."
I would really struggle to find anything that I thought could be completed for under $20k that I would replace (the end goal of) my Miata with. Maybe someone else's LS1-NA Miata or an EJ20/EJ25 swapped GC8 Impreza.
Anything else, realistically, would be over $20k to be done to my standards. In the $20k - $30k range, it would be an LS#-FD RX-7 without question. It ticks all my boxes. A cool alternative would be an Evo6 (or possibly an Evo9).
I won't bother going to cars above that threshold because I could not see me tracking one without sponsorships, given the old adage that "you should never track a car you are not mentally and financially prepared to push off a cliff."
I would really struggle to find anything that I thought could be completed for under $20k that I would replace (the end goal of) my Miata with. Maybe someone else's LS1-NA Miata or an EJ20/EJ25 swapped GC8 Impreza.
Anything else, realistically, would be over $20k to be done to my standards. In the $20k - $30k range, it would be an LS#-FD RX-7 without question. It ticks all my boxes. A cool alternative would be an Evo6 (or possibly an Evo9).
I won't bother going to cars above that threshold because I could not see me tracking one without sponsorships, given the old adage that "you should never track a car you are not mentally and financially prepared to push off a cliff."
#51
This.
I'd love a 914 with LSx or Subie mill
240/260Z
FD Rx7 with reliability mods or LSx
I actually often miss my Fiat x1/9
BMW 2002 or Datsun 510
Only newer cars I like that aren't hellaciously pricey are S2000, used Z06, and probably the BR-Z/FR-S.
New cars make me nervous. Always afraid something expensive is gonna break....
I'd love a 914 with LSx or Subie mill
240/260Z
FD Rx7 with reliability mods or LSx
I actually often miss my Fiat x1/9
BMW 2002 or Datsun 510
Only newer cars I like that aren't hellaciously pricey are S2000, used Z06, and probably the BR-Z/FR-S.
New cars make me nervous. Always afraid something expensive is gonna break....
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Alternatively, for a bit less, an early, restomod 911 RS-style.
For a pimp cruiser, it would have to be a '65 Lincoln Continental. However, my garage is physically not long enough to fit one.
Again, I don't think I could do any of those (to my standards) for sub-$20k which is a random and totally arbitrary price cap I am sticking with.
#54
I attempted to replace the Miata with an 06 GTO for a comfortable daily cruiser. I say attempt because not only did I fail to sell the Miata it would replace, but I bought another Miata in the process. I still log more miles in either Miata than I do in the GTO.
The GTO is fantastic as a DD, problem is, I still find myself enjoying the Miata more. Now the GTO hasn't left the garage in almost a year....
The GTO is fantastic as a DD, problem is, I still find myself enjoying the Miata more. Now the GTO hasn't left the garage in almost a year....
#56
I attempted to replace the Miata with an 06 GTO for a comfortable daily cruiser. I say attempt because not only did I fail to sell the Miata it would replace, but I bought another Miata in the process. I still log more miles in either Miata than I do in the GTO.
The GTO is fantastic as a DD, problem is, I still find myself enjoying the Miata more. Now the GTO hasn't left the garage in almost a year....
The GTO is fantastic as a DD, problem is, I still find myself enjoying the Miata more. Now the GTO hasn't left the garage in almost a year....
#57
Hmm some remarkably similar tastes we have
Datsun 510 or BMW 2002 is on my list for a fun car-almost bought a 2002 last week.
Now an ultimate vehicle would be something like this
1973 BMW 3.0 CS for Sale: Custom BMW CS/M6
ahh I love the shape of E9 BMWs
an SLC with a Dinan BMW V10
993 RS
RX8 with 3 rotor swap
Caterham R500
some kind of kit car swap with Alfa V6
Eagle Jag E-type speedster
TVR Sagaris?
Datsun 510 or BMW 2002 is on my list for a fun car-almost bought a 2002 last week.
Now an ultimate vehicle would be something like this
1973 BMW 3.0 CS for Sale: Custom BMW CS/M6
ahh I love the shape of E9 BMWs
an SLC with a Dinan BMW V10
993 RS
RX8 with 3 rotor swap
Caterham R500
some kind of kit car swap with Alfa V6
Eagle Jag E-type speedster
TVR Sagaris?