You've got $15k to spend on a fun car...but it can't be a DSM!

What do you buy and why? Old school? New school? VW Beetle? Mustang? EVO? Miata? Reliant? Let's hear what else people are interested in.

Well if I just aquired 15 grand right now. I wouldnt buy another DSM anyway.. Id prolly buy something I could drift. Like a old rx7 or an old skyline. And dump the rest of the money into performance!

i would probably experiment with turbocharged rotary engines...but not until my DSM is maxed out.

-08+ saab 93 aero awd manual. Because they are detuned monsters, and no one seems to know what they are.

-s600, cl600. because maybach v12 twin turbo engine easily running 11's with a flash tune with the a/c on and massage seats working the kinks out of my back.

-widebodied FD rx7. Because I've always wanted one.

-some sort of hybrid car. I'd really like to start messing with electric assists, etc.

300ZX that I showed last time (in white)

Evo 8 or 9

Fiat 500 turbo (I like it!)

Peugeot 206 GTi

Renault Clio V6 Sport

Evo IX MR...even though for $15k it would probably have over 150k miles. I'd make it run a 12.5s 1/4 mile on a stock setup, drive it daily, then I would cage and rally my FWD lancer.

Fiero lambo kit car ftw!

Good call. My dd is a tuned '07 93 aero (not awd) and the torque steer can be a challenge at times.

Keeping with the thread, I just bought an '06 mazdaspeed6 as an awd project. I'd spend the 15k to make it a very unassuming, high hp sleeper.

4th gen Supra or '71 Chevelle or a sleeper 1st gen Subaru Legacy GT.

Sleepers FTW

I'd settle with either a subaru or a mk3 supra and focus on a 2jz swap/power mods.

94 Civic hatch with a boosted B18c5 and $13k in stickers.

LS1 swapped 240 drift monster ALL DAY!



As long as life let's me... This will be my next project.

I like that saab too, I would love to have a fast station wagon! or a drifting one!

Hehe, like this?
My weekend warrior (Saab TurboX, sport combi, 6-speed, large turbo and supporting mods), daily driver (G37, auto, base), and wife's car (civic lol).

Yeah just like that

This is how I wake up my neighbours on weekends at 7am, when I take my ass to the gym.

My picks would be:

Evo 8
Audi S4 (the v6 TT model)
99 3000GT VR4


Definitely has to be turbo and AWD. Now that I've had that I don't want anything else!

A payment for a GTR or Porsche....

Or a clean 2nd gen Dodge cummins sport! Black on black on black!!

I will never own a FWD now that I have had AWD! I don't know how anyone could go back.

Less expensive for one Less weight, less things to go wrong, easier to do a tranny swap, there are ups.


Besides, bikes don't come AWD

Bikes are fun!

I'm glad to see people aren't sticking with the rules, because really who cares Just wanted to see what else people are into.

Interesting to see who would and who would not want AWD. I've personally grown to prefer RWD in my "fun" cars these days. I have an AWD daily.

For my $15k I'd probably build a turbo E36 BMW:



I'd be happy with almost any '90s RWD import as a platform though.

Jakub your TurboX is

I'd do a full body job on my truck, built 47RH tranny and probably still have enough for a simple compound turbo setup and fuel upgrades.

500-700hp and 1200+ft/lbs is not hard to do on a 12 valve cummins, it's the 4G63 of the truck world.

Something like so would fit the bill quite nicely

http://puredieselpower.com/dodge-pr...-gen-street-complete-twin-turbo-kit.html

They're a bit more than $15k, however I would really love a 2003/2004 Terminator Cobra

+1...the terminator cobra is legit bulletproof

More fuel efficient and don't want to burst your bubble but a Honda will walk all over your dsm (and most dsms) on the circuit.. It's a fact

Yeah but... who cares how fast it can corner at the track when grandma's Buick pumps you on the highway.

Yeah and unless a circuit pops up every time I line up beside a guy at a red light I couldn't care less.
I also said AWD I didn't say DSM, I know anything couldn't walk over me at a track, you should see how long it takes me to get through a hair pin with this thing!

On day I'd like to have one of these!



My Oldest Brother had an 80 and it's the year I was born so...

Beautiful! If I was going to buy a muscle car that would be the one I would get too! My mom had one!

You could spend all day listing anything that would make a fwd a better car.. And i still would not go back to one. Awd or rwd or nothing!

To me, theres only a few really fun cars worth more then a grand of my money. DsMs, Evos, stis, supras, slylines, RX7s...if its not gonna stand out and be obnoxious....then kick everyones ass... Then id rather just spend 1000 bucks on some beater.

Muscle cars are nice... But belong in meuseums. Ill get one when im old and retired. Something like a 71 hemicuda convertable... But prolly not for 15 grand.

07+ BMW 335i. Tune and some exhaust work and you're over 400 rwhp and a luxurious comfortable ride to boot!