Check out the Fiat 500 Abarth. I've found that they can be had with low miles in the low teens, and I'm told they're a riot to drive. I've also been told that their reliability is somewhat questionable, but I'd rather deal with a finicky car than one that takes a lot of work to be fun in the first place.

Fucking Cameros.

GTI, Focus ST, Fiesta ST.......

...are all vehicles I would own long before this one.

This is one of the things I loved about V-8 Supercars, the commentary provided by the drivers.... "just goin' for a drive, no big deal..."

mmm, tittles

I can't relate to the type of person who does this. I enjoy driving too much to let a car like that sit.

Automatic only. The later 350 equipped Firebirds of that vintage were the same, you could only get them in an auto. I've asked "why" before and I'm told that it had to do with the strength of the manual they had to bolt up to it.

I've wanted one of these as a fair weather driver for a long time now.

How many vehicles does Ford sell in the US annually and how many of those do they import?

I do, but I do so frequently enough that I am well practiced. I also have a FWD car, which is super easy to control and doesn't build up speed very quickly on a wet road because I can't get the power down.

Half a pack of name brand cigarettes and one chewed stick of Juicy Fruit.

“Bigger” and “heavier” are relative terms. The NC Miata is still a tiny, lightweight car.

You absolutely do not buy a brand new Miata because you want something like an Elise. That’s just a good way to be disappointed. If you want an Elise, you don’t buy a new Miata for $30k, you buy a used Elise.

But you’re not getting…

I test drove an NC Miata after having gotten out of the NA Miata I drove to the dealership. I never understood the hate for the NC, because if the NA Miata is the gold standard for Miataness, the NC felt like a Miata. It just felt bigger and heavier.

With the Miata I think the problem is expectation management. No,…

If the 2010 guys did any research before buying they certainly would have known a new engine was on the way. I was in the market for a 2010 model car and the Mustang was on my list, but I ruled it out because I wasn’t interested in being the guy with the old engine in the new car. Anybody in fall of 2009 who looked…

Yeah, it seems like the best of both worlds approach is to buy into an old car with the intent of modernizing the steering, suspension, and brakes. At least if you actually want to use it frequently.

It’s always nice to read the “other side” of old cars. Nostalgia is great, they are amazing old machines, but people seem to forget that as cool as they look and sound they still drive and perform like really old cars.

“Yeah Dad, your old Trans-Am was great..... and my stock, modern turbocharged hatchback is faster in…

I’ve probably spent thousands of hours in GT and having recently jumped on FM6 and I guess I don’t see any of this. If anything I find single player in FM to be more fulfilling because I can crank up the difficulty up without having to carefully nerf my car before entering a race. This is the primary complaint I’ve…

Saying GT is more “sim” than FM is like saying that an FR-S is more of a sports car than the BR-Z. They’re both console racers that have to make concessions to players that prefer gamepads. If you want a real sim you aren’t playing either of these. If you want a near-sim that’s easy to access, these are two different…

Nope.

I was exceptionally impressed when my Forza STI sounded like my real STI.