Pondering what my next daily driver might be - whether it's something to get recently or a few years down the road. I've got a fairly long commute - over 40 miles a day round trip. So this might be a reasonable candidate for the "Pro Commuter" idea that gets kicked around - a car that gets decent mileage and reliability, and isn't difficult to repair, but has some significant performance mods. In my case, it would also need to be able to carry my wife and 2 kids - and I'm pretty tall. So that rules out something really small, like a CRX or Fiero.
A "turn key" option for around $5000-6000 would be something like the nicest stick-shift Civic I could find, or something like McTaggart's Cruze, or maybe a Dieselgate-refitted VW. But could it make sense to play mix and match with factory parts and put together something a bit more interesting? Like a early '90s Camry with a 3S-GTE turbo motor out of an MR2, for a wicked sucker punch - call it the Rage in Beige. Or a K-series swapped into an older Civic. You guys have any better ideas?
A "turn key" option for around $5000-6000 would be something like the nicest stick-shift Civic I could find, or something like McTaggart's Cruze, or maybe a Dieselgate-refitted VW. But could it make sense to play mix and match with factory parts and put together something a bit more interesting? Like a early '90s Camry with a 3S-GTE turbo motor out of an MR2, for a wicked sucker punch - call it the Rage in Beige. Or a K-series swapped into an older Civic. You guys have any better ideas?
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