1989 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce. It was 5 years old at the time, low mileage, red and a great looking car. I should have known I was in for it when the guy I bought it from handed me $100 back right before I drove away. This was before I did much wrenching on my own, and it cost me dearly with a stream of incredibly…

I have had two of these in my life.

Frankly, for ease of entry, many of these suggestions won’t be much better. Consider a first gen R53 Mini Cooper S. Or the suggestions below of and E30 or the BMW2002. You can get very nicely sorted examples in this price range.

Great bike! The only new bike I ever bought was a red ‘96 R1100 GS. It had factory hard cases, but I always wanted the Jessie paniers. It was my sole transportation for a couple of years. Added an Aerostich Darien suit, heated vest, hand guards, and a tall windshield. The motronic fuel injection surged a bit at low…

It was a fun race, but the coverage was frustrating. It all but ignored the rest of the race and was nearly entirely focused on Hamilton. I get that he’s a popular driver who had an opportunity to get back in the points lead. But I’d like to have seen Ocon in the lead, Verstappen’s frustration, and mid-field battles...

Already working on mine - 1973 BMW 2002 resto-mod. Still a long way to go.

Wonderful article. Thank you for writing it. It make me want to find a project that I can jump into with both feet.

Came for this comment. It’s the only correct answer. I have the vanilla v60 and love it. The Polestar would rock!

This seems like the perfect time to launch my Kickstarter for magnetic, bluetooth-enabled-OBDII tattle-tales. Buy two for simple indicating. Buy a dozen to form a variety of emoticons. Also included is mood-ring mode, where as your frustration with traffic rises, so does the color shift towards red. And, of course,…

It was the mid-80's and my extended family owned a Dodge dealership. I must have loved cars, because I would visit as a pre-teen and be so excited about everything there. And this was the era of the K-car... Of course, there were the occasional fun cars. The 1984 Corvette that my dad got airborne. A Peugeot or two.…