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Originally posted by: Arkaign
Atticus, because you are willing to consider used, I heavily recommend the Corvette route.
Here's a 2001 Corvette with 6Spd Manual and only 28k miles for $23k. http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/...ice=24000&cardist=1356
Stock they're 350hp and 350tq, on a very light platform that's wide and stable, only 3100lbs. Stock, the upgraded for 2001 C5 Vette busted out 0-60 runs of 4.5s, and blisters on to a 1/4 time in the low 13s on stock runflats. They're ridiculously easy to work on and upgrade, and the tuner market for Vettes is a LARGE one.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/ <--- plenty of info.
You won't find a better all-around performer than the Vette in that price range. If you really want to get crazy, you could go for a slightly higher-mileage C5 Z06, but they're more likely to have been driven hard for their miles. Regular Vettes are rarely abused or neglected.
$5k worth of parts and sweat on a C5 and you're talking sub-4-second 0-60 runs, and at the very least, 11s in the 1/4.
Bad economy makes it great time to buy toys.
'01 Z06, 11k miles, $23k
'02 Z06, 44k miles, $21.5k I'm going to see if my cousin wants to buy this as his daily driver
'05 loaded C6, 30k miles, $26k
I've never seen so many good deals for cars. Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, etc. You name it and there are plenty of deals out there. I'm looking and not trying to get in trouble but it's getting hard to resist.