Your budget is $20,000 tops to pick a fun but reliable daily driver. What do you get and why?

i'd use the 20k as a down payment on a recent cayman.

IS350

>is350
>fun
pick one.

V6 Camaro

mazdaspeed 3 with aftermarket fuel pump internals and rear motor mount

I already did that

This mates

I buy a gun for $500 dollars and put the other $19,500 towards gas.

Now all cars are free and you can't not have fun in a stolen car.

Please don't use double negatives.

Integra Type R or Honda Prelude VTiR

Fun and (relatively) reliable, but still technically can fit 4 people

An older maloo or any hsv

S2000
WRX
WRX STi
Corolla
1989-1993 accord

Two used BMW GSs
If one breaks, send it to the dealer and use the other.

Ducati Supersport S
Comfortable enough for touring and fast enough to have more fun than any car in this thread.
OP said nothing about it having to be a car.

But he said reliable.

Although a duc is reliable, in not working.

Eh my 848 evo hasn't been that bad. You've just gotta be willing to be really on top of the routine maintenance.

Ford Fiesta ST

I prefer my bike not giving a fuck about being 17k km later for the small service that has to be done every 10k km.

And I prefer having a bike that doesn't just sound like another bleeehh inline 4. Plus it looks so much better than any of the Japanese bikes. All the other euro makes are pretty similar in dependence on regular maintenance, and at least it's more reliable than the MV Agusta I had before it.

I don't have a i4, but a Euro flat twin.
It doesn't give a fuck about regular maintenance, just remember to carry oil as it will burn oil at high revs.

BMW Something RT/GS?
Ehhh, I dunno. The guys that I know that have BMWs(admittedly they are they S1000R/RRs) haven't seemed to think the maintenance is any better than a Triumph or Ducati.

Nice my boi

R1150GS

The S1000 is a different machine completely. Way more performance oriented.
They have almost 200hp from a 1000cc i4, I get 80hp from 1130cc.

The R1200 needs more maintenance too, or the computer will scream at you.

>BMW 535i E28
12k for the car in good condition, 7k for repairs and some decent mods, 1k for a roadtrip through Italy.
>Why?
Because this car is a legend, I can do all repairs by my self, huge fun to drive, legendary 6 cylinder engine and you don't look like a massiv faggot in a new BMW

Leon FR 1.8

>+180bhp and 250Nm is enough for daily commutes (yurop)
>+four doors more whores (available as coupe as well)
>+plenty of space to haul stuff and your nonexistent girlfriend
>+simplistic interior, not overcluttered with buttons
>+multilink rear suspension
>+free spec kits because showroom car
>-VAG reliability is a coin toss
>-basically a Golf/A3 but less comfy
>-shit stock sound
>-gearbox doesnt take power upgrades that well

Or you could buy a 15y/o used car or two wheel death-machine like other anons suggested.

You don't own an 848 and you don'tknow shit about motocycles

>its different so its better
You're also 12.

Monaro CV8

Nobody's going to buy eurotrash, stop shilling for god-awful European companies.
Shitty GTO ripoff

There he is again, the eternal amerifat

Chevy squarebody for $3000 or less

Rebuild TH350/TH400/700r4 $1000

Complete wiring harness, all bits/pieces $1000

Crate 350, $1500
Bam, $6500 with $13,500 leftover for any repairs, mawds and shit.
>tfw did the math and could replace the 350 in my truck every year and pay less than lease cucks do

sweet opel bro

A skyline r33 gtr and 3k of mods

The v platform gto was built off of the monaro.. not vice versa.. i know this because tyler knows this..

Nah just kidding.. i own one

A last year vz thunder with the l98 that's clean af then dump 5k into full exhaust Otr/mafless

Post 2011 V6 Mustang or GT.
Also Mazdaspeed 6 but those are rare, Fiesta ST is another option.

since I'm on the subaru train atm, rust free gen 3 legacy, swap in all the STI parts from the gen 4(except struts), respray since they're getting old now and none have decent paint anymore, drop in a forester power plant(EJ255v2), outback struts with custom springs for high travel with low spring rate, 1" subframe lift to make ground clearance and lower the center of gravity to where it was.

AE86 Trueno hatch in blue, with a 20V blacktop head and individual throttle bodies.

Not even memeing, I would pick an AW11 but I'd prefer FR to MR for daily and I still want a RWD 4AGE.

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