I recently wanted to buy a "fun" car, partly because my wife loans her car to her parents while they are in town, leaving me without wheels. I opted for a 23 y

I recently wanted to buy a "fun" car, partly because my wife loans her car to her parents while they are in town, leaving me without wheels. I opted for a 23 year old Toyota MR2 Spyder (5 speed manual, naturally). Yes, multiple things have broken since I bought it. Being a Toyota, I could pretty much DIY the repairs, and parts were cheap and available at Autozone. It has been am absolute hoot to own, and I have not even tried to boost power output yet. (Although a bolt-on turbo kit is DIY-able for about 6k USD. Tuning it properly is a matter of a lot of learning though...) To be fair, a base Mazda Miata is probably a much better purchase at ~30k. The Miata is probably the outlier here among new cars.