lol ye of exsperince. I know if it was my first car id be in alot of trouble. Not to mention broke off my ass and a car that wont run. New driver + sports car = lots of tickets and lots of broken parts.

Rotaries dont need rebuilds regularly and less you overheat them all the time. Only about every 100k miles or so.

 

if you get a twin turbo 3cyl you could heheh

 

Insurance probably wont be that bad on a 87-93 5.0 and you can find a pretty nice one for that price. I got my automatic 2002 camaro z28 when I was 17 and the gas isn't that bad. I would think that it would be better in a 5 speed fox but I'm not 100% sure on that. Anyway just get what you will enjoy the most. Don't worry about what we have to say

 

Yeah, the 5.0 is starting to look real nice. But, I have time. I won't be buying until July or august. In the mean time, I am trying to hone my driving skill.

 

Dont get a rotary for your first car. Unless if you want to spent all your time researching how they work and how incredibly different they are from piston'd engines.

If you want reliability, look at an 80s-90s Honda or Toyota. Beat on it all you want, as long as you have bare basic maintenance, it'll NEVER break. If not, look into a diesel...thing. Anything with a diesel will be reliable as well. Also reliable (though slow) would be an N/A rotary.

Fast? DSM. 89-93 turbo..incredibly cheap to make fast. 5.0 fox bodys also, MkIIIs not so much on your budget..most have been abused and need around $1000 in restoration at least. If you can get a nice MkIII for $3500 and spend the other $500 on general maintenance and keep it relatively stock. There's all sorts of info on the forums...anything you can think of has been posted on them before and someone has done it...hell I've seen an MkIII with a Jeep 4x4 swap...put in the 4.0 I6 and the 4WD off of it as well.

Cheap? Any generic car made before 95. Most domestics (generic ones, not like the fox or f bodies) wont be very reliable at all, and all the reliable cars are slow.

The two things to remember most about cars :cheap, fast, reliable. Pick two. Also, learn how cars work and all the little things about them, and learn how truely little about them you know. The more you find out, the less you know.

 

Well, I need to clarify a bit. I do know cars. I know how rotaries, quasi turbine, miller cycle and other alternative engines work. I know most of my basic stuff. I just need some ideas. Im not mad or anything, just clarifying. DSM sounds good, but I would like a stock car, so I dont wind up stuck with some horrfifc failed project.

 

Yes, intake compression combustion exhaust; but specific specifications, apex seals, etc. are quite different about maintaining and keeping your rotary running correctly.

 

Indeed

 

funny, those are what get towed into my shop everyday.....

 

Did you miss the last sentence altogether?