This was in 2003. Afterwards, it was time for a dedicated track car.  Now, of course, we’ve added a trailer, a cage, a Spec Miata, etc...

I’d recommend the FRS/BRZ/GT86, lightweight and cheap like a Miata but as a coupe you have a solid roof and space with the seats folded down for a full set of tires. They’re also getting old enough to be cheap enough to turn into a track vehicle.

I spent my first few years of tracking in my first car. A Toyota Matrix with automatic lol.

There’s really only a few things you need from your car to enjoy a day at the track.

Unless it’s in some state of disrepair, I’m pretty sure your Corvair is fine, dude. Is the battery strapped down? Are the wheels bolted on tight? Does the steering wheel operate? You’re probably good.

The Silverado, however, is crucially not a car. Even then, if the center of gravity is low enough, a track day would…

Never take anything on track that you can’t afford to walk away from. If you can’t afford to walk away from your daily, then yeah, don’t track it.

I am privileged enough to be able to afford an Uber on Monday if I smash my car on Sunday.

THIS.

I track my daily and not our “fun” car. I know my BMW is reliable and is awesome on the track even in almost stock form, and our C5 Corvette is almost 20 years old with low miles so more likely to have something fail in a high-speed high-stress environment.

I tracked my 2006 Saab 9-3 (FWD, 2.0T, 5-speed manual) for a few years, and to get started as long as I had plenty of self-control and backed off on the straights, it worked well. However, after I grew more confident and sustained speeds were building, it was no longer worth it. Things like the front brakes were…

Aw man this is perfect. Maybe I ought to wrap my boring silver car one of these colors.

Okay

Exactly. People can hate the color, or the choice of vehicle, or the three spoke wheels (I love all of it BTW). But in the end, it’s YOUR vehicle. You do what you want with it. Which is why I love cars so much. The flexibility to make your vehicle your own is limitless. I got a lot of questions when I bought a used…

What you buy as your ‘TOY’?

I can confirm as well. There is no going back, with the exception of adding GT3 RS and GT4.

A lot of folks have paid off ICE cars that work fine and do not want to take on more debt. Unless the savings make up for the cost.

They are exclusive to the leaf, but with so few mainstream players, that much of an engineering failure is a big deal. Think of dieselgate for diesel cars in the US - Not many players, once VW mucked it up, it hurt the sales of others.

I’m talking daily drivers. I literally had a dream the other night (not the first one this month) that I was driving a 90s Japanese RWD 6-speed, and I woke up empty and disappointed.

I own a Bolt and I would definitely buy another EV without hesitation over a comparable ICE based vehicle. That said, I’d still get a traditional sports car or pickup truck, I don’t see EVs replacing those soon , but for a daily driver or family car, ICE cars make no sense anymore.

Leaf problems are pretty much exclusive to Leafs. I still love mine, but it’s quite significantly down on range. 

I bought a used 2015 model s, 2 yrs ago. Best car purchase ever.