cornercarve98

i would agree. '88-era 626s were nice, i like the 5 door ones. even the mx6s then aren't bad. ya, 1 gen pro is cheeeeeeeap and they handle smartly.

KrayzieFox

NSX's are badass cars, but if it came down to it I'd probably settle for a G35 or 350Z for that money. So .. the answer's still no

KrayzieFox

Hmm .. I'll have to look into a few 626s and 1st gen Pros too. MX-6 prolly not, cuz I don't think they're near as reliable as I'd want them to be.

Jackelope

i got a 1st gen pro sitting in my back yard, peppy little car, fun to drive, i just need to actually fix it!

sumo_Bob

You might want to look and see if you can find a mid 90's cherokee. Inline 6 + 4WD = FTW. Plus they are really reliable. I loved mine before I gave it to my mother.

_Kansei_

You realize the NSX is more than double the price of those, right? aluminum chassis FTwwwwwwww

yeah a first gen pro would be a blast! Slap some snow tires on it and I'm sure it would be great in the snow (though they're really lightweight)

eggynatey

I'd love a nicely modded S2000.

KrayzieFox

When they were new yes. I think you can prolly find one anywhere from $30K-$50K depending on the year and condition, unless the Acura NSX is different from the Honda version. I dunno .. whatever .. shows how much I care about Hondas.

kargoboy

I disagree about the MX-6 being less reliable than a 626...there's is really not very much different about them.

Something else you might consider. My backup car is a 1992 Corolla. No, not a very cool car at all and every time I'm driving and I see a cute girl I just wanna sink into the seat. Anyway, the point is, I keep thinking that I want something else as a beater/backup.
And I think about a lot of the suggestions already made, like a 1st gen (esp an AWD) or an MX-6 or even a Rex. Then I start thinking about how I'd want to mod it and suddenly my beater is coalescing into a black hole.
With the Corolla, it's just a beater and will never be anything else. And every time I think, damn, maybe I should spend a few $$ on it, seeing the cute girl in
the Sunfire brings me right back down to earth...what am I thinking?

_Kansei_

I just don't think a fwd economy car is a good second car when your first car is also a fwd economy car.

Either a small truck or a miata would be excellent gotta mix things up a bit.

KrayzieFox

Oh a Miata would be so freakin sweet, but they're still crazy expensive .. even for an early 90's one.

A truck wouldn't be too bad but it's really not my thing at all. FWD economy cars are Besides, I need a winter time beater POS .. so a Miata would certainly fail to meet those criteria. It'd be a horrible thing to do to such a nice car anyway. Nothing wrong with FWD econoboxes in my eyes .. especially for my winter time purposes.

KrayzieFox

I only said that cuz a couple friends of mine had MX-6's in the past and I know they had lots of problems. But then again they were the Turbo models so maybe that was it .. I dunno. I have no proof of MX-6's being unreliable other than that, so I could very well be wrong.

I'm still kinda stuck on the 5th gen Celicas .. I think one of those would make a great backup. It would get good gas mileage, be just as if not more reliable as the P5, looks pretty alright, and would be pretty fun to drive I hope. Too bad Toyotas hold their value so good

J-Protege

Winter beater should be AWD/4WD imo. Since you're buying it for the sole purpose of driving in the snow you dont want to:

A) Get stuck easily like FWD are prone to.
B) Understeer yourself off the road, like RWD (even more on trucks) are prone to.

Just my 2/100 of a dolla!

KrayzieFox

Found a '92 Celica for sale locally. 145K mi, 5-speed, 1.6L ST model, and supposedly doesn't have anything wrong with it. I'm gonna take a look at it later this week and maybe even buy it

_Kansei_

The ST is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooo slow. If you thought your P5 was slow.. it'll feel like a rocketship haha

but as a car it's A-OK