IMO these days your best bang for the buck is a Honda S2000. For instance quick search finds a 2001 with 76k miles for under $13k

I’m promoting this because Cayman is the obvious answer to this question - they sell in this price range all day long at CarMax, and you can get a great Doug DeMuro-approved warranty!

I’d quibble with your contention that they hold their value, though - hardly anything depreciates faster than an optioned-up late-model,…

When I asked myself this question 2 years ago my answer was a C5 Corvette Z06. You can find great condition examples all day for $20-25k that have 50k+ miles, or if you go 30k or less you’re more in the $22.5-30 range, depending on condition. When I bought mine I got an ‘04 with 30k miles for $28k and it had the basic…

2006 Honda S2000

Lancia Fulvia...45k on the clock and a tad below $20k

C5 Z06 These can be picked up all day under 30K. Fairly cheap, reliable, track ready DD.

Plenty of early Vipers can be found for under $30k. Nothing will break as many necks. Sure you could have a clean C5 Z06, or an STI, or an M5 V10..but Viper.

Obviously a Skyline

they’re neat dogs when they’re grown too.... and best of all, they keep the lions away from your house, bears too. An explanation. Where I live we have furry pigs called brown bears. A particularly brave brown bear, decided one day to climb the fence into my yard. Buddy, the Rhodesian Ridgeback would have none of this…

I don’t know about the cutest, but I know that Roscoe is the most #blessed

Was this the one with the super awesome story about the business owner from Mexico that let a bunch of dudes drive this thing?

I'd love a link to that article, it is one of my favorites.

And at 1.5 PSI and he’d be using the median as a traction medium.

Glad to see the GM understeer club is still alive and well. I present my own contribution. BEHOLD:

For the love of god don’t mount it on an M4, it would hop a curb and crash into the moon.

Fun fact: Honda only used “The Power of Dreams” slogan from the 2000s on, but the original NSX ads in Japan used the line “Our Dreams Come True”

Is it dumb to say I like to beat the shit out of my car then tediously clean it as if I were apologizing to it?

Handbrake turns for the ladies.

I would rise the flag every time I see a TVR attempting to make a turn.