It kinda looks like a Jeepster.

Exactly. That's what my old truck had. Except mine had stainless tips which could be easily cleaned with 0000 steel wool.

I actually have a 17 midnight edition like the one pictured. I did the cold air intake but not the exhaust. I am on the fence with the exhaust since the Hellcat is so obnoxious. I'm not sure if I want 2 obnoxios vehicles. The coldair intake does give it a throaty sound

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With the cold air intake alone I only get the throaty sound when I get on it. I went with an afe.

A couple that I didn’t see mentioned, that are generally overlooked, in your price range and fun all around.

Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 (spyder or coupe)
Decent handling and pretty quick.

Mazda RX8 (2009-up only, lower rear gear ratio, for better acceleration) very good handling car, but very low torque and you need to understand a rotary motor so you don’t foul it up.

Infinity G35 coupe gen3 (2002-2007) not fast (could be modified) but nice ride, 4 seats and handled ok.

Already mentioned, but always cool is a gen 2 or gen 3 Camaro or firebird.

To many awesome muscle cars to mention from 1964-1971 too, but generally not great handling and not super comfy. (I’ve owned and restored several).

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(These are not my cars, just pictures from the web, although between my brother and I we have owned all of these)

25k will also get you into a 03 or 04 Cobra. Those cars can be made even faster than they are stock for a small amount.

I have my modded 2010 Lexus IS350 for trade for/towards a pin/pins/cash.

Last year I traded our 2007 Mustang GT convertible for a Monster Bash LE + cash. Just seeing if I can drum up any trades while I also currently have it listed for sale online.

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Anyone have a ten year old (give or take a few years) Porsche Cayman that they would want to trade for some pins? If so view my collection let me know what you want maybe we could work something out? I have zero interest in an automatic, so please do not contact me if that’s what you have for trade.

Engine swap would be the only way to go. The PRV engine in DeLoreans are Horrible. I've worked on a lot of them. What did you swap in?

I always wanted one of these.

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The clown shoe, fun car.

Twin turbos and a remap would be awesome. Tons of sleepers use the LS motor from old trucks. Probably cost less than a new stern and can add a massive amount of HP.

Here's mine -- love it, and probably the most economical of all "super cars". You could easily use for a daily driver, but I enjoy having as my fun side car.

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Surely you know this already, but try to get 2009 or newer to avoid IMS issues if possible.

I'm in the same boat trying to help my dad find a 911, likely a 996, 997 or 991.1. I think he'd be open to either a manual or PDK (but not a Tiptronic) if anyone has a lead.

Yeah I’m ideally looking for something ten years old. I would not be opposed to owning something older if the price was right, but would rather spend a bit more and just enjoy it. I can fix but I’ve got too many projects already ( pinball) .I have decided I don’t need a project car. Although if someone had 1976 911 in need of a restore I’d consider it. My year of birth car would be cool.

Sorry no pic because I can't do that driving, but I saw a pristine Mitsubishi 3000 in red driving home last Friday. Japanese sports cars from the 90's were so cool.

I haven't read all the posts but I can imagine that my pick will be a bit "out there". For a while I've been wanting a Ford Model A. Not modified but original. Been watching videos on them and their simplicity and styling has me interested. Don't have room to store one so it'll just have to stay at the watching videos stage.

My '91
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That and Toyota Supra turbos of that era are stealth super cars. Dad was a Toyota mechanic. A nitrous turbo Supra with some other mods to drivetrain, suspension and brakes did 180+ on the highways of central KS.

You can find a c5 zo6 for around 25k no problem. Aim for 2003 or 2004. They are fast and handle well.

Viper you better know how to drive. With no nanny systems they tend to get people in over their head quick.

To get the current market prices, go the the Barrett-Jackson dot com site, register and look at the hammer prices from the Las Vegas event just held. I attended it in the new West Hall of the LVCC. Several Corvettes there, including C5's and C6's. I only recall one Viper on the floor. It was newer based on the exhaust pipe covering. An amazing event.

Don’t get a C6 Z if your budget conches

I just spent a good amount for a low miles example and first day on the road course the motor let go. Looks like I’ll be putting 20k into it to get it back to where i want it.

Those LS7s are flawed if you drive them hard.

Clown shoe! I've only seen a few up close in person. Cool cars.

Did you make a decision yet?

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You guys don't know what fun is until you match doors with all American Junkyard...From behind you may notice its even missing a taillight, (*Jennifer laughs*)...It does usually have dual pipes, just blew one of them off last weekend.

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a friend of mine has a Viper he paid $30K for... it gets the attention like it's a $200K car!! If you want something cheap that really gets the looks/attention, this one is hard to beat for the money. Although prices are probably up on them right now so $30K may be difficult... but still they are a relative bargain I bet!

10 years ago gen 2 and gen 3 vipers were 25-35grand

And those prices were still close 5 years ago. Unfortunately they have increased 70-100% since 2015

I’ve had a handful in the past super fun cars i don’t know if their worth the current valuation though. Although their limited corvette makes more vets in a year then vipers entire production since 92.

Well since this thread got me thinking that I also kind of wanted a “weekend fun car”. Turns out that my wife also kind of wanted a weekend fun car, so I thought I’d share here that I sold a few games and got one. I am going to have to sell a few more games but I picked up a 2007 Porsche Cayman S. A little older than I wanted but the price was at the bottom of what I was looking to spend, so that was a plus. Any issues do not worry me, I worked on cars full time for nearly 18 years. First time my wife drove it she was shifting at around 3000 rpm. After driving it for a while and she seemed comfortable with the car we pulled up to a stop sign and I said “this time give it some gas and don’t shift until it hits 6000 rpms” She did and when she just got into third I tell her “ok you’re already 10 over the speed limit (55)” She slowed down and said “wow that’s awesome!”. I’m pretty sure she is going to drive it more than me.

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Cayman is a great car, bit tough to work on with access so limited, but a lot of fun to drive. Here’s mine, owned since 2009. Bought with 100k miles, now has 108k miles. Don’t drive it much these days given time constraints, but when I do it ALWAYS puts a smile on my face. It’s just a raw sports car., no power steering or abs, excellent handling. It was the car to have in 1986, super car of that era. They were really affordable when I bought it, but like pinball, prices have surged. It hasn’t needed much other than basic maintenance. I did the brakes, replaced the shocks and struts, replaced an oil line and some other odds an ends. Every now and then I think of selling, but then my wife and kids walk me back. It’s on historic plates so it’s really cheap to insure, like $200 a year, and I have space for it, so I keep it.

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I have a '19 miata. Very fun and very affordable. If I didn't have that I'd seriously look into the new Nissan Z. That car is looking absolutely beautiful. I used to have the 370 and loved it.

I bought this Honda ACTY ATTACK last month for shits & giggles....I have to tell you--this is one helluva fun vehicle! Every_Friggen_Time I stop at a gas station, Lowes, etc someone always comes over to ask about it!. Bonus: It's a awesome pin hauler !!

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Have a 4x4 Suzuki carry with dump bed for about 10 yrs now. Little truck is awesome. Can run it through the woods like a quad get to places old toyota 4x4 cant access. Have had wood stacked up over the cab and made it out no problem.

I was actually going to go with the Suzuki at first until the Honda came along and it was in my same town PLUS it was already registered which made a big difference. How is getting parts for your Suzuki?

We got my wife an 88 Nissan Pulsar. It’s currently getting a body job and paint. Hoping to have it done for the end of the month so we can drive it once of twice before the snow starts

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So far no real issue. I work on import cars for a living. So pretty much adapt and overcome. When I did need to order parts found ebay canada the go to.

Friend has a Mitsubishi version. Fuel pump is a points style pump like on old british cars. His pump died and I rigged aftermarket pump in. Replacement was way to high priced to justify.

Ours are not street legalized although imagine we could now due to age. We more or less use them as quads in the woods.

I just bought a 2001 4x4 F150 5.4L Sport Package with just 89000 miles on it. I wanted a 4x4 forever, and i was lucky to find one for less than the cost of a NIB pinball game. that gave me some perspective; honestly I've enjoyed it more in the past few weeks than several of my pinball games.

It's a keeper; to hell with the gas mileage LOL. Life's too short to worry about spending 30 bucks on gas in a weekend, especially when you're spending $2-10k per year on pinball games

I went to the OC NJ muscle car show over the weekend and decided I might need a muscle car in my life. Anybody with something like a 68-70 Chevelle SS396 for sale/trade? Looking for a solid running car. Need not be show car condition. Definitely needs to be a manual transmission!

i'm very exited, my first American muscle car!!!! In Europe are very rare, A Mustang 5.0 Premium, pack performance.

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I had a black one back in the day. One day I removed the hatch and passenger seat. Hauled my jet ski to the lake inside the car. Girl at McDonald's drive through was impressed.

Here is our car which was restored by my father-in-law and proudly driven in his memory.

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I think the dude would abide.

I used to have a 91 3000GT VR4. It was awesome handling, and the boost was insane in it. Plus it cut through the snow like nothing else i've ever driven. Used to call it my tiger claw. There was no snow storm it couldn't handle.

My wife and I looked at two seat convertibles for about 5 years. I think we drove damn near everything available.

Finally decided on a 350Z 11 years ago. It's a 2005 we bout in 2010. I sold a restored CC that paid for half the car.

Bought it in Milwaukee. It's the closest I could find a yellow one. Had to fly out there and drive it back.

Currently has about 38,000 on it. We only put about 2500 on it in a summer.

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After reading through this topic on a cold and potentially rainy Saturday morning, I thought I’d toss out the best kept secret in all of classic sports cars. Keep it to yourselves, okay? We want to keep them on the road and not flipped by investors at Mecum auctions or hidden away in private collections.
No surprise here, I’m talking about British cars. Specifically Triumph and MG.
Yes, we have all heard the jokes and outright lies about reliability and electrical issues, but they aren’t true. Funny thing is, trash talk has kept most of them cheap, underused, and way off the blue chip collector and auction radar. This means you could have a dozen beautiful sports cars for half the price of one Porsche or Tesla.
Most Triumphs and MGs are cheap as chips, easier to work on than a go kart and parts are incredibly cheap and are still being made in Britain, not Chinese reproductions.
And they are fun!!! When you see a sharp corner in a Spitfire 1500 with a downdraft Weber, for example, you don’t lift off the loud pedal, you floor it!
Testimonial time! I own 7 British sportscars, 5 are reliable, beautiful, rust free, good running cars. One needs the paint finished and reassembly and one is this winter’s complete restoration project.

Probably the most important thing to know is that classic British car owners drive their cars. Their cars aren’t trailer queens and never will be. It’s also a completely different attitude from Muscle, Ricer, and Antique car collectors.
“Rock chips? Dirt? Rain? Ha! That just means it’s doing what it was made to do! Polish your plastic coated turds, boys! A hairy chested man is going for a drive in a real sportscar down a dirt road in a thunderstorm!”
That pretty much the stereotype of a British sportscar owner, but we aren’t all like that.

It’s raining out, I think I’ll take out the TR7 today.

Very nice NSX.

Anyone in PA have a Japanese mini truck or kei car ? I can’t figure out if there is any way to get them to be street legal ?

This was my big trade for 5 pins and 2 sit down drivers. Had one for 6 years back in 93. And missed it ever since. Great to have one back. Pretty much identical to the one i had. And heres also a pic of her playing in the snow.

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