Miata as first car? Suggestions?

[Evan]

I'm almost 6'2" with shoes on. I regularly drive with shoes, so let's say that.

I drove Matt's and my knees could not fit around the steering wheel. maybe I just need to find the right seat placement.

I am worried about the rollbar, but I'm also worried about maintinence costs. I know you guys swear E36s are just dirt cheap to maintain, but that's not true at all.

What are my other options here for the price Around 3k, but no more than 4k. Cheap to track, RWD.

You're a hair shorter than me then, so you are in the range of fit for a miata (but upper range)
foam-ectomy makes a world of difference. I foam-ectomied the seat from my first miata and just moved it around to each new miata I got.
if and when you put a race seat in it, your fit problems go away entirely.

240sx is another relatively cheap to track rwd car. Will need some suspension work to have fun on track (like most cars). and the body is a noodle so it should get a rollbar eventually. (well all track cars should have a rollbar regardless)
oh and the stock seats hold you about as well as a vinyl bench seat in a 1975 cadillac.

there really is no magical car for this purpose unfortunately.
miata is pretty close, but there is the small thing.