Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

How cheap are we talking?

Clio 172/182
Civic Type R FN2
350Z/370Z (bit heavy though)
130i
SLK 55 probably more your thing but looking at about 15k for an ok one, not cheap
Most sporty VAG group cars with EA888 engines react well to a remap and few upgrades

Some sort of Lotus? My dad had an Exige and fucking loved driving it round like a twat in a go kart. Not cheap though.

Caterham or other 7-style car surely.

Aiming to get one in a few years so could do with a thorough case-study in ownership on here.

Recommend me some small, cheap, high to very high power to weight cars, bonus points for RWD.

Toyota MR-S with a supercharged 2ZZ engine swap and supporting mods is going to be 95% of an Elise for significantly less wedge if you fancy RWD and mid-engined...

BRZ/GT86 is supposedly a superb chassis and as mentioned before easy enough to turbo if you want more power... I believe plenty of people have EJ25 swapped them now too which would be a really nice thing to own.

Define cheap? bmw 1, 2 series with some cheap tuning. The are fun to drive imo.

On another note i just fixed a dent in my hood that appeared one day and some holes in the bumber that we still cant figure out why somebody sawed before i got it.

I will also (Only 3 years late) finally fit the slightly larger wheels i bought which im hoping will give it a better visual balance and a tad more ground clearance (def needed).

Why dident anyone warn me cars are so damn expensive. Per mile it must be a 10000 times the cost of my bicycles.