Well I think that I can give offtheheez a good perspective. I own a 92 Civic that is bone stock w/ 250k mile on the clpck. I also own a pretty damn fast 240sx now. Why did I buy the Civic? Because I want to race it. Ever heard of NASA Honda Challenge. Cheap affordable W2W racing that allows just about any mod or swap you can throw at it. My 240sx would be classed ITx or ITz and I would be racing w/ tube frame supercharged Porsches and getting killed. I could get a "sports car" but why when I have a perfectly good Civic that you can still have a blast on the track with for much cheaper.

I put the civic in a wall I could give two shits on the other hand I put my 240 in a wall and I'm pissed.
I get the feeling that you are making "polite insults" more than looking for good reasoning. I will mod my civic, i willl race my civic, and I will have a blast doing it in a competative racing series. Which is the reason I troll here and H-T for good advice