What Entry Level RWD Sports car should I get?

[Michael-5]

disolitude said:
I'd get a 1990s V8 mustang or Camaro and soup it up a bit...

Depends if you want excitement while driving or you want to just impress teenage/college chicks.

V8 power and torque with no traction control, no true ABS, no computer, no stability control...is extremely exciting to drive. You screw up slightly, youre dead! Beats anything a modern car can provide in terms of excitement on the real road.

But yeah, if you want to impress young ladies, all those cars are cool.

I hear you there, that's why this is probably my last chance to get a good car now. Stability control is required on all 2013 cars now, traction control already can't be turned off on many cars, and more and more cars just have a stupid nav screen....

I like the way old mustangs drive, but I want a bit more refinement, and feedback. Mustangs are a bit heavy, they feel like boats to drive, a BRZ and BMW, while slower in a straight line, are nimble. They still slide when you want them to, but they also stick when you want to corner fast.

Anyway, I already have a gf, 4 years now. So I'm not trying to impress anyone, but I want a fun RWD stick shift car as a daily drivers, omething dependable. I'll save up for an old 911 when I'm older and have money, and use this to go back and forth to work.

g911turbo said:
Go for the CPO 335i sedan if you need 4 doors. If you get a 2010 model, you'll still get the true twin turbo n54 motor. Not to mention 1 year worth of full maintenance, and 2 more years up to 100K miles of CPO coverage including power train, fuel pumps, electrical motors, etc. 

You can get those for under 30 a lot of times, and under 35 ALL DAY.

LOL, I hear that, and the steering will still be hydraulic, which make a HUGE difference. If I go BMW, I'm going coupe, you get a lower seating position, and the car feels a bit different.

JerCotter7 said:
Pretty much all the cars in the OP are in completely different classes to each other.

The only advice anyone can give you here is to drive all of them. See which you like most. Then try others that are similar to that.

I drove a BRZ, and a 335i. I also drove other recommended cars like an Infinity G37, Mustang, and a Camaro. I love the 335i and BRZ, haven't driven a boxer, but because it only has 2 seats, I probably shouldn't get it.

Anyway, I'm not getting a car for 4 years, but seeing other peoples suggestions, and their impressions of the cars, I'm pretty sure it's either going to be a BRZ STI, 335i or the new Mustang when it releases (look a couple posts up for picture). The thing now is, I'll have to see where the market goes in 4 years, for all I know, Honda will make an entry RWD car too, the BRZ came unexpectedly.