im looking to purchase my first real car with approx $15k budget.

you want money for parts? get a 70s lada

>>16937020
Just get a Miata, and save your money. Alternatively buy an S2000 and it will most likely hold its value, maybe even appreciate

>>16937020
What do you drive now? 15k cash?

15k would get you a pretty nice e46 m3 that would have been well cared for, meaning the cost of continuous upkeep wouldn't be that bad

you could also get a super fuckin clean late model e46 330ci coupe or even a ZHP with plenty of cash to spare

>>16937185
mazda 5 that I've been driving since high school and yeah

>>16937020
C5

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GM has by far the largest choice selection of real cars. Do not forget the Cadillac CTS-V and the Pontiac GTO. Though I would only get the LS2 versions of both models.

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>>16937634
meanwhile

I'm in Canada, if that makes a difference. My gripe with the miata is that there's no backseat/limited space.

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A 05 GTO

>>16939022
Man if your budget is 15k don't get a Miata. Much better stuff out there

>>16937563
Why not just keep the Mazda?

>>16939057
mostly because I just don't need the space and it's underpowered/not interesting to drive, and I was gonna give it to my sister.

>>16939036
the only correct answer

>>16937020
You arent going to find a C5s in a condition you want for $15k or less unless youre lucky

>>16939036
>>16941349
bogans

>>16939022
save up money for a brand-new car if you're not going to finance.

how else you gonna get a rust free car in Canada

if you're looking purely for a fast car then get something cheaper and mod it
in reality any rwd car will do but if you want a miata then that's even better, it's an amazing and well documented platform

for $10k you can make it so fast it will destroy your sphincter when accelerating unless you manage to get it broken before finishing the project, after all you will be driving a miata if you catch my drift kek

>>16941470
on the west coast so not as much rust as "real" canada

>>16941688
what's would be a good platform that has back seats/more trunk space?

>>16941361
is the gto a meme? The ones I found cost almost as much as a c5, and there are barely any on the market here

>>16941793
depends
if the trunk space doesn't have to be that much bigger and backseats have to be just barely usable for short trips then silvia/240sx/180sx are also good

if you want actually useful backseats and trunk space then bmw e36 is what you want - just keep in mind that it just won't be as fun as the miata or nissans - making the car more useful is always a compromise

>>16941858
is the 325 the most desired?