I submit that Mr. George is closest, but counter with the same thing, yet actually reliable. The Lexus IS300.

When the Miata isnt the answer the BMW Z3 is! Classic styling, more power than a miata and lots of aftermarket support. Plus they can be had with factory roll over protection roll hoops! For track use stick to cars with a 2.8 inline six or larger 3.0 as the early cars only came with a 4 cylinder.

It is a shame this happened to him and his car. One thing to take away from this is thank goodness he was one of the good guys who took his racing to a track. Can you imagine what could have happened if this had happened in a street race? Be like Greg here, take it to the track. If something goes wrong then that might…

In California, the carpool lane line is a pretty big deal. $271 fine for crossing into/out without a dashed line. It’s a solid white line and two solid yellow lines. Triple reminder not to cross because of this- the speed differential is sometimes huge. If I’m using the carpool lane in heavy traffic, it’s scary, I’m…

I don’t know enough about the traffic laws to make a real judgement here. Seems to me the fault would lie with the person who rear ends someone, but it’s also a double line, and like I said I don’t know the laws.

The accident is the fault of the dingus who decided to illegally pull out into the HOV lane across a solid line in front of clearly oncoming traffic (the biker), but good lord, don’t ride a motorcycle or drive a car at 80 MPH (watch his speedometer) in a lane next to traffic going about 20 MPH slower.

I second the NSX idea, but maybe a 944 Turbo would be a good choice, too. Those cars still look very cool, and last I checked weren’t in the stratosphere price-wise.

Plan A

Either a 2012-14 C63 AMG or an E9x M3. A good one is right in his price range, they’re lots of fun to drive, and reliable enough...just get one with a warranty to eat the cost just in case something does go wrong. Admittedly, I’m biased, but I found myself similarly situated and went with a C63, and it’s been a great…

I am surprised no one has ever mentioned the Volvo V60 Polestar as an option to any of these questions. I am basically waiting for one to show up as a CPO in my area.

Used Lotus Evora.

2009 or later 997 Porsche 911. No IMS to deal with. Is within budget. Can put the kids in the back for short family trips for a while (until they get older and get too big).

Since the budget can stretch, let’s stretch it quite a bit. The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. It’s an Alfa, so it’s about as cool as you can get. It’s faster then an M3, looks gorgeous, and sounds legitimately like an event every time you rev out the engine.

Agreed. The MkIII wasn’t perfect, but it was an awesome grand tourer. My wife and I are on our second (‘86.5, with our first being an ‘88) and love the heck out of it. 230k miles on the original engine and still going strong.

You mean the most under-appreciated Supra? It’s the best Supra along with the MKII.

Anyone else think he’s rushing the Model 3 into production? Because I think he’s rushing the Model 3 into production.

“We continue to be surprised by how sort of frankly naïve a lot of people are about production and supply chain,”

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