09-28-2011, 10:02 AM
A Miata will get 29 mpg no matter how you drive it. Mine either leaks or burns the teeniest bit of oil (maybe half a quart between 3,000 mile changes). I've put less than two grand into it in three years, and that includes new wheels and a few sets of tires.
Basically, I beat the crap out of it and it doesn't break. I know you've been eyeing E36 M3's -- and they're reliable enough, but slightly more complex and thus more little things to go wrong.
A Civic/Miata/Sentra SE-R will be cheap and easy to work on (you will be learning to turn wrenches, right?!
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Basically, I beat the crap out of it and it doesn't break. I know you've been eyeing E36 M3's -- and they're reliable enough, but slightly more complex and thus more little things to go wrong.
A Civic/Miata/Sentra SE-R will be cheap and easy to work on (you will be learning to turn wrenches, right?!
)
Now:
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M