I think the disconnect, is a lot of people automatically attach price and cache to driving experience. So untrue.
The Mazda Miata is a great example. Cheap as borsht used, low horsepower, for whatever bizarre reason got the 'chick car' tag and very spartan, yet it is still one of the purest drivers cars you could ever find. It should have been our generations MGB, but somehow it got lost in the shuffle.
When I finally get out of my condo, and into a house, my first project is going to be a totally bespoke, ground up build of a gen 1 Miata, with a blueprinted 302 shoe-horned into it. Some of the ones that have been built, will take-out AC Cobras, and you could probably do a top shelf build for $20-25 k.
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