I used to have an 89 CRX as a beater, rattle canned green and it ran like a champ. Bought if for $500, put about 20k miles on it, then sold it for $500.
My plan after moving into a house with a garage is to buy another <$1000 Honda to strip, build, turbo and likely blowup regularly. I love my 335i but I’m afraid to go BIG power because it’s currently my only car, not to mention if I blow the motor it’s a small fortune. If I blow a D16 I’m only out a few hundred bucks!
So that’s what I want — a beater racecar!