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How much fun can you have for <$10'000?

Aside from price, reliability and RWD are the major criteria, but I'm willing to concede that some FWD hot hatches could be a laugh. Doesn't have to be P's legal.

The only things I can think of are the mx5 or mr2. I don't know anything about what old hot hatches or European cars are good. Are any of the cheap, older BMW's any good?

edit: I won't be buying this immediately, so feel free to go a bit over the low price limit to things that will soon depreciate.
 
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anything from the tonka range, personally i find the dump trucks most useful and practical
 

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What's wrong with an mx5? I'd say 2nd gen mr2's are worse cars.

It's got all the engine I need, I'm coming off 600cc motorbikes, so any car is completely flat for acceleration.
 

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datto 1600
with CA18DET

pick them up for 8-10 depending on body an how much has been done to the engine.
fucking weapons
 

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My friend has two (strangely) older BMW E36s, the 4 door sedan and 2 door coupé (the one with the long back). I think it depends what you consider 'fun' out of a car but the sedan is pretty boring (stylistically, speed etc..) and any generic Holden Commodore within the last 10 years would probably be more luxurious :p, the coupé seems cooler but I doubt it's particularly fast either..

For under <10k my brother is into 'mini trucks', lulz, some strange word for modified utes (usually the imports) with air bags, rims, shaved doors etc.. (Somewhat ricer in style I suppose) which although slow, seem pretty fun. But I suppose these are kind of project cars..

I don't know. Again, I suppose there is a lot of ways to get 'fun' out of a car so what do you consider 'fun'?

And the MX5 is considered a 'girls' car. I think there is actually a definition on Urbandictionary.
 

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bowman said:
datto 1600
with CA18DET

pick them up for 8-10 depending on body an how much has been done to the engine.
fucking weapons
I like this idea.

dolbinau said:
And the MX5 is considered a 'girls' car. I think there is actually a definition on Urbandictionary.
And every car journalist in the world says they're amazing.
 
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so what if it's considered a girls car. its a fun car to drive
 

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it's the car that most poofs drive. MX5.
my mates gay brother drives one. they are a hunk of shit

yeah get a mini truck as well, then u can drag ur chassis to nothing!!! then u can go drift draging. hell fun
 

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1st gen MX-5

Edit: Anyone who says they're a girls car is a closet fag who has no confidence in their own sexuality.
 
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1st gen MX-5

Edit: Anyone who says they're a girls car is a closet fag who has no confidence in their own sexuality.
It's a girl car. ;)
 

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Yeah, I can be a stoic gentleman and drive a lowered VS commodore rolling on sick 19's.

Or I could be a bit of a fruit and drive a car that's actually good.
 

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Yeah, all the 1st gen rx7's are such beautifull cars, but since I'm not an expert rotary mechanic it's probablly a bad idea to ever own one. If they made a car with the same body with a piston engine I'd snap it up in a second.
 

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Yeah, Rx-7s are great but even if you buy one for $5000 it will cost more than $10,000. And yes, I mean exactly what I just said.
 

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yeah great cars, awesome power.
but fucked.

RX3 with a 13b.... oh dream car.
 

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Of course. You can get all sorts of flash old jags, bmw's, mercedes, for next to nothing, but the purchase price is just the downpayment.

Hmm... I see I could get a 200sx or similar nissan turbo cars, assuming I can find one that hasn't been thrashed to death. Anyone driven one? Any good?
 

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s14's are sick cars.
yeah its hard to find one not thrashed, but hey. just fix it.
nothing is un fixable?
 

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PwarYuex said:
It's a girl car. ;)
breaking said:
mx5? hahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahaha you big girl
dolbinau said:
My friend has two (strangely) older BMW E36s, the 4 door sedan and 2 door coupé (the one with the long back). I think it depends what you consider 'fun' out of a car but the sedan is pretty boring (stylistically, speed etc..) and any generic Holden Commodore within the last 10 years would probably be more luxurious :p, the coupé seems cooler but I doubt it's particularly fast either..

For under <10k my brother is into 'mini trucks', lulz, some strange word for modified utes (usually the imports) with air bags, rims, shaved doors etc.. (Somewhat ricer in style I suppose) which although slow, seem pretty fun. But I suppose these are kind of project cars..

I don't know. Again, I suppose there is a lot of ways to get 'fun' out of a car so what do you consider 'fun'?

And the MX5 is considered a 'girls' car. I think there is actually a definition on Urbandictionary.
Hey girls,
YouTube - LS1 miata from a stop
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ox7G3oG_PA8
 

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