What would you get as a no limits fun car with a $16K-$20k budget? I daily an X3 which is fun enough for the weekends and going up to the mountains too but it's not THAT fun. I have a Lexus HS as a reliable fallback vehicle so I can accept getting an unreliable project car. I'm thinking of importing few 90s Japanese turbos, either a Nissan Leopard XJ-II V6 turbo, a gen 1 Toyota Aristo 2JZ-GTE or a Y33 Cima turbo. My gf wants to get a 370Z or an R34 Skyline sedan. We both think the Y34 Gloria turbo is cool.
>>29126599yeah bud you're going to get the 1 and only F30 leopard in America so you can have zero parts availability for your 40 year old Japanese turbo car
>>29126637About 16,000-20,000 of them were sold in the US as an Infiniti. They weren't super common but I still see them out in the wild in California where most were sold 30+ years later. There are two I see regularly in my area on and off. They're not hard to own if you're on the west coast and have disposable income. The Nissan X31 platform has a huge aftermarket.
>>29126647So just buy the infinity then
>>29126664It's not as cool and isn't a turbo and it isn't called Infinity smooth brain.
>>29126671>literally the same car>but muh quirk chungus points! Well let's be honest with ourselves here, if you're asking 4chan you'll never do it anyway.
>>29126599While I like the F31, the Z20 Soarer looks better in every way and has a nicer interior. The Leopard looks like a shitbox in comparison.
>>29126599>be me, $20k dream car thread>I'll do my dented ’02 Focus>keep exterior stock/faded/hubcaps, maybe baby on board sticker>junkyard 5.3 LM7/L33, mild cam, low-profile intake, standalone ECU, shorties>RWD swap: GM T56 Magnum, custom mounts/tunnel/driveshaft, narrowed 8.8, minitubs>note: LS4 is transverse FWD and won’t bolt to T56, so use RWD 5.3>spend real money on coilovers, bushings, bracing, big brakes, 200TW tires on ugly steelies>goal ~350–400hp in ~2800lb, looks like pizza delivery, runs 12s, stops/turns>$20k DIY if fab doesn’t spiral; shop labor doubles it>TL;DR ugly Focus sleeper, LS/T56, all budget in chassis/brakes/tires, zero in paint>blows doors off most “nice” cars at a light
>>29126733https://youtu.be/EyO9FAOgXw0?si=dvUHpsJKJA6uw5Vy
>>29126745Based video.Mine just has a little turbo on it but it won't die. Going on 230k miles. Bought it 4 years ago with 85k miles from a grandma. Drove it across the USA and Mexico. It is way more fun to have a shitbox you can beat the fuck out of than a really nice $50k car.
>>29126599E92 N54 335iYou listed almost no Fun cars, and 370zs are ugly and sound terrible
>>29126599>US$20k>fun carHonestly, go for something you can maintain easily. I do not know what that would be in America, but surely something domestic. If it has to be foreign, then maybe a Sandero RS if those are available?
>>29126765>not Fun>fag-wheel drive
>>29126599Giulia would be a great choice if it's going to be your only car. You can get a QV for around $20-25k on the low end these days from Japan. A 2.0t is around $10k or less with low-ish miles. 300hp, RWD, great handling, reliable, nice and comfy. Also just saw this s15 spec r sell for $20k: https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s1247054512I think a Eunos cosmo manual swap would be a cool car. You can get a caged mr2 turbo for around $11khttps://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/v1242749993GTOs also look cool and AFAIK all JDM models are AWD, so you can get a low-spec version that should be less of a headache and save some money, or get a twin turbo around your budget.
>>29126910forgot, 130i is also a cheap/fun choice. RWD, inline-6, manual transmission, cheap. Downsides: McDonald's and they're ugly.
>>29126599Get a v8, faggot
>>29126599Triumph Spitfire or MG Midget, the rest on parts and maintenance.Had a Spitfire 1500 and it was like a slow, street legal go kart. Everyone loves them, too. You can't stop for gas without some grandma walking up and telling you how she got fingerbanged in one at Woodstock.You also get to/have to learn about the "intricacies" of British car design. Easy to fix but always needs fixing and special parts/fluids.
>>29126599Sw20 mr2 turbo
>>29126599>blocks your whole path
A Honda Beat and a Hayabusa engine
>>29126599I want to snort that car
The problem with the M30 is we got the facelift model with the pre-facelift Oldsmobile square ass dash.
>>29127306I see no problem here.
>>29126676>Why are you being enthusiastic about cars on a car enthusiast boardThe turbo version also makes like 100 more horsepower. Return to the urine soaked seats of your public transit, bustard.
>>29126695The Soarer does look fucking great I'll give you that. Love Toyotas of that era. Some some Mexicans with a lacquer black and bronze two tone Toyota Chaser the other day and it looked really good.
>>29126599For $20,000 you can buy two M3's that make 400hp or one broken 180sx that made 95hp when it worked. I am so glad weebs are retards.
>>29127682>bustard.lmaoI actually know what it's like to own a 40 year old turbo Japanese unicorn car which is why I'm telling you that if there's a similar car that was domestically produced you should go that route instead and if you're too much of a wrenchlet to turbo the VG30e yourself then you're too much of a wrenchlet to own a VG30DET anyway because guess what - 40 year old turbo Japanese cars run like shit and you're going to have to redo everything anyway.
>>29127714You sound irrationally angry about not being able to maintain your car. I like how the Jap version looks more and that it comes with a factory turbo and redoing everything is part of the fun. The M30 wasn't domestically produced in the US you monsterous retard. If you were literate you could see that I already have a newer daily and a basic boring hybrid second car I can always rely on and this is meant to be a fun project. Stop being a butthurt bitch you joyless turd.
370z is the best car under 100k
>>29127728lotta talk there, you got anything to show to back it up bud?
>>29127732You would like me to show the car I don't own yet?
>>29127733What's all this talk about "you can't maintain your car" and "redoing everything is part of the fun" then?
>>29127734You want me to show you failing to maintain the car you angrily posted about running like shit? Or do you want me to time travel and post me working in the car I want to buy?
>>29127739>you just can't satisfy your wife properly, hours of cunnilingus is part of the fun>I'm a virgin btwVery strange behaviour anon
>>29127743Uh oh weeby melty
>>29127743>you just can't satisfy your wife properly, hours of cunnilingus is part of the fun>I'm a virgin btwWe didn't ask for your autobiography
>>29127749why you telling me how to fuck my wife if you're a virgin bud
>>29127753>>29127743>>29127732What the absolute fuck are you sperging out about? Are you projecting or on drugs?
>>29127753Why are you chimping out and fantasizing about strangers on the Internet not being able to satisfy your wife or being a virgin because they want to buy a higher horsepower turbocharged Japanese car? What mental illness do you suffer from?
>>29127755>>29127757>he can't understand the most basic straight forward analogy Oh that explains the strange behaviour, you're just a literal retard...
>>29127759Why did you connect OP wanting to buy a fun JDM coupe with your projections about being unable to satisfy your wife?
>>29127765>why did you connect OP talking like an expert about something he's never done, with OP talking like an expert about something he's never donetruly a great mystery
>>29127764>Nisscum Z>Chevenne>Multiple VWs and FWD Ford-Nissan sloppacars>Gaudy middle class compressed suburb trying too hard to look nice with limited lot space>Perpetual construction This is the most Mexican post I have seen on 4chan. Maybe ever. I hope you have a good Monday as shift manager at obscure refrigerator/car part company.
What’s the brown dog yapping about?You get raped by Nissan on the daily, never forget that, brown son.
>>29128085>ebonics
>>29128087reddit spacer begone
>>29126599I just boughted a 2016 Focus RS w/ RS2 Package for $20,499 earlier this month. Thank god its pretty clean underneath for a 10 year old car. Its stock other than an AWE Exhaust. Going to fluid film the underside soon.I daily an 07 Civic Si Sedan and 09 Murano.
>>29127743I like eating girls out tho
>>29126599honestly an old barge. i'm biased towards mopars though. c bodies are still somewhat cheap. b bodies are great but many are expensive because pop culture and all that. nobody wants the 4 doors though so those are much more reasonably priced.drop in a tkx and they'll be even more fun
>>29128179>I just boughted aKinda tracks with your Texas plates.
>>29126599>no limits fun with a $16K-$20k budget?
>>29128179I would jump at a deal like that. How many miles ? Dealers near me are asking stupid money for one I have a ‘17 RX350 and it’s boring of course.
>>29128085A third world muzzjeet wrote this post
>>29128328I already have an ebike. If I wanted /n/ opinions i would have posted there.
>>29126599>no vetteget a targa and use it
>>29128435>TargaI think Porsche SUCKS
>>29128437yeah that's why I suggested a vette, with a targa top (not a porsche and certainly not a miata RF, which defeats the purpose of the miata)
>>29128437eliscream
>>29128437Look at this absolute casual who thinks targa tops are exclusive to porsche
>>29126765>Sandero Holy christ what a terrible take all around. Are you Romanian?
>>29126599If you don't have a list of cars you would enjoy in your head and have to ask for ideas I feel bad for you man
>>29128179>>29128336It had 95K Miles on the odometer, an insane deal imo. I remember seeing a 200k mile Focus RS for 13k somewhere a few weeks back, and there are plenty examples of 130k+ mile ones. So I think this engine has a lot of life left in it as long as I keep it at stock power levels. Its plenty fast as it is.Lower right of pic, is my new portable lift heheh>>29128327I was being a bit silly, anon.
>>29127714>unicorn >r31Lolwat
>>29126599>What would you get as a no limits fun car with a $16K-$20k budget?Miata
Oh! Toyota Century would be a good buy. Should do well long-term, comfy, reliable, looks amazing in person.
>>29128721>HR31>not a unicornscreenshot your local marketplace now
>>29128761Well it's not as common as a Passage but still it's not as if HR31 parts are hard to come by unless you're looking for panels/rust cuts/glass...
>>29128925>no marketplace screencap
You can get this NA V8 roadster for 10-15k all day long and they’re really fun for not having a stick. Still fast enough to embarrass plenty of modern cars, too.
>>29129013I was actually looking at SLKs and E550 coupes. Had a C43 previously and liked it a lot.
>>29126599I'm building it bit by bit. It will come in around $20k when its done, maybe slightly over.1979 Mercury Zephyr8.8 LSD rearMildly built 302TKX 5-speedSN95 spindles4 wheel disc brakes with hydro boostNew k-member and suspension all aroundQuick ratio steering rack
>>29128944Saw a roller up for 20k dollarydoos other day.
>>29129537hmmmm that's sounding pretty unicorn tier if we're being honest with ourselves here
>>29126599yeah honestly just find a 370z with an lsd and you're good
330i ZHP, because I have taste.
