Its the car for the guy who couldn't care less what others think. Add a turbo, springs, shocks, plus a good tire and you can hang with almost anything on the track. Cost to turbo? About 2k.

Its a no brainer as long as you don't mind comments like the above ones. I didn't, and I owned one. Also, one of the best car community's out there, with weekly meets wherever you are usually. Quickest way to man it up is getting a roll bar asap, if you're sensitive to that sort of thing.