Used fairly inexpensive fun car?

[erod550]

Uh... Porsche?

[roninsoldier83]

Uh... Porsche?

Ouch!!

Touche sir, touche.

I would rock a 911 (almost any flavor or chassis in the past ~20 years) or a Cayman in a heartbeat... hell, for a car just to pitch around, I might even rock an old 944.

You win this round sir haha, you got me on that one.

[Dange]

only car in the price range of the listed cars is the boxster and "s" variant. and those things are gutless compared to a boosted miata. especially at this altitude. plus the fact hes looking for a DD so im guessing he wants something other than another 2 seat roadster.

ronin beat me with his post. 944 as a beater would be an awesome car. but a pro made exhaust for one is almost as much as his miata is worth now.. which I have seen he doesnt want to deal with pricy maintenance and mods

[roninsoldier83]

only car in the price range of the listed cars is the boxster and "s" variant. and those things are gutless compared to a boosted miata. especially at this altitude. plus the fact hes looking for a DD so im guessing he wants something other than another 2 seat roadster.

ronin beat me with his post. 944 as a beater would be an awesome car. but a pro made exhaust for one is almost as much as his miata is worth now.. which I have seen he doesnt want to deal with pricy maintenance and mods

LOL, I don't think he was suggesting I buy a Porsche, I think he was insinuating that I might have been mistaken in my statement when I said BMW/Mini were just about the only German cars I was interested in haha! He makes a good point, I do dig Porsche's, even if they are part of the VAG/VW group.

As far as pricey mods/maintenance go, honestly, if my career switch didn't involve a huge pay cut, I wouldn't mind so much. The AP for my BMW lists for $900 (even though I got a sizable discount lol; made a few friends on the E90 boards after I got my own tech sticky over there haha!) and I still paid for it. I would rock a Porsche if I was assured to keep my current salary or more... assuming I could pick it up around the $30k range or less. Maybe in another few years, we'll see.

[RX-7 Chris]

My parents had 2 boxsters. The first one was a base model first gen. I wasn't impressed with that car at all. The second one was a Boxster S 550special edition. That was a great car and fairly quick. 266 bhp at 6,200 rpm and 229 lb-ft at 4,600 rpm. It was a great car but at almost $65k a little rich for me.

[erod550]

Yea for 65k I'm getting a GT-R or a C6 Z06. Both of which will outperform a Boxster S in a straight line and on a road course.

[roninsoldier83]

Yea for 65k I'm getting a GT-R or a C6 Z06. Both of which will outperform a Boxster S in a straight line and on a road course.

I'm not sure what I would buy for $65k.... for comfort with a bit of performance, likely an E92 M3 coupe. For a track junkie car, the GT-R & Z06 are the obvious culprits, but I don't know, there's also something appealing about the Porsche Cayman R and the Lotus Exige.... or if you just want a straight track car, the good ole' Ariel Atom.

Honestly, I think that crowd is a tough choice.

Note to self: acquire more wealth.

[erod550]

Note to self: acquire more wealth.

No kidding.

[Dange]

if i had 65k...
Id get this http://www.uscaterham.com/showroom/R500.html

[iani1.1]

you dont have to have 60k to get this http://www.coloradomazdaclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7238

[Learjet45]

2011 Lotus Elise SC for $65k.
Oh, and Ferrari of Denver has a 2002 Porsche 911 Turbo for $56k.