everybody tells me that theres barely ever imports at the legal races, and i'm not into street racing. plus people tell me once i do stuff to it that it will be hard to smog

 

there is more to modding than drag racing
if thats what youre referring to

 

you're into legal racing? Get an old muscle car, half the price, twice the power.



edit-I was thinking import and typed import when I meant muscle car

 

yea i'm referring to drag racing, i dont feel that confident in my driving to be able to autocross

 

ok, read my above post, I messed up earlier and just now edited it lol

 

i hear that they arnt that reliable and they are gas hogs

 

Autocrossing is one of the easiest motorsports to get started in with turns. If you are not willing to try autocross how do you think the thousands of other people got started? Heck I know some women who are faster than I am. What does that tell you?

http://home.dejazzd.com/mlouie/autocross.html

Read this and show up to one. You will be amazed how you haven't started autocrossing sooner.

 

What eats gas and is unreliable? Imports or Muscle Cars? It would have to be Muscle Cars, though depends on what Muscle Car. The new Camaros, Firebirds, and Mustangs actually get decent gas mileage compared to their '64-'74 counterparts. However they are actually ****tier since they are more complicated and Ford and GM sometimes skip quality for a cheaper price. The older ones are very simple and actually reliable as you can find '55 Chevys still cruising around today, sure they have probably been rebuilt 5 times but for something that old what do you expect.

For gas mileage and reliabilty though Import is the way to slow, oops I mean go.

 

Also take into consideration "style". If you want a car JUST to race then sure, get one that has alot of power and who cares what it looks like. If you want a car you LIKE then look for one with reasonable performance and looks good to you.

 

Also in my class doing mods might net you 1/10th of a second which can be the difference between 1st place anf 5th place. So for me to mod my car yeah it's worth it