need help choosing a car
 

ok right now im driving a crappy volvo and im sick of it, so im looking to pick up a new ride. my priorities are these:

cheap
good autoxer

im in no particular hurry to buy one. i wanna have it ready for next season though so maybe i can be competitive, so i can sorta take my time finding a good deal. im trying to spend no more than $1500 on the car so i can spend like $1000 on tires and whatnot. basically the cars im looking at now are these:

e30 325is
rx7
crx si

im open to suggestion here. what i want is a car that i can be competitive with in autox and will be cheap for me. does anyone know what classes these cars end up in? also, does anyone know what kind of rx7 i ought to be looking for? there are so many different trims im just confused. i dont mind having n/a or turbo.

edit: it needs to be semi practical here, so no miatas or mr2s

Perhaps a Hacki-Roku, this car has served me well.

MR2 turbo is a pretty good cheap kickaround.



:p

with only 1,500 to spend on the car itself, of the three options you listed I think you'll only be able to find a crx for that price.

i like ur idea...

unless u dont want a small..really crampy 2 seater..
a mr2 t is a good choice

ive found all three for that price, although they might be in sad condition. im willing to do a little work on em if needbe, and i dont mind an ugly car

I want a Toyota Tacoma now.

CRX man, especially if you want to do mods down the road. Mods are cheap and easy to do on those cars. :)

You'd be lucky to get anything better then a series 4 N/A for under $1500. My '86 Sport was $900, from a relative. I have yet to see a Turbo II go for anything under $5k in my area.

Are you talking SA/FB's or FC's? There was no turbo model in the US until '87.

Yeah if you're looking for an RX-7 for that cheap then you should go with a non-turbo FC. It's more of a successful car in club road racing than autocrossing though. They run in E-stock against the non-turbo 2nd-gen MR2 and the MR2s own that class.