Miata as first car? Suggestions?

[Jake]

Eh, I made a thread similar to this when I was new to MM and driving a Ford Escape. I know the feeling of "OMG a car and three pedals and zoom zoom" all too well.

I think the basic car recommendations that everyone made to me in 2008 still stand. Miata, 240, E36, Mustang, Honda. They're all good, they're all reasonably reliable, and you'll have fun with any of them.

Your finances are your business, but I'm with Joey. It'll be hard to own two cars in college. A lot of us have done it, and our bank accounts have suffered. I know you love that truck (ask my mom how many times I told her I'd never sell that Miata) but as times and interests change, sometimes you have to make some hard decisions about what to keep or sell. I got pretty misty when Packer drove the Miata away (in a glorious cloud of oil-burning blue smoke), and I went inside and had a beer and was sad for a day or so. And then I bought a kickass replacement and I'm having a whole new kind of fun with it.