Whats Better, 1 Fantastic or 2 Great Cars?

"Milky" (jordanmielke)
07/14/2016 at 10:23 • Filed to: Elise, S2k, S2000, 240SX, Lotus, Honda, Nissan, VS

Making one extreme car do it all sounds like an amazing challenge, but winter is a very real thing. So whats the better way to use up your car budget, one car for everything or 2 cars with different purposes?

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*Just waiting for one more part to come in for the Crossfire, then I’ll start looking at cars.

DISCUSSION (36)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Milky
07/14/2016 at 10:27

The 240sx is quite rad. I will note, however, that the rules can be gamed: get the winter driver that isn’t a car - SNOCAT

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > Milky
07/14/2016 at 10:29

Just make the 240SX do everything.

Milky > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/14/2016 at 10:30

But .... my commute isn’t up a mountain.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Milky
07/14/2016 at 10:32

WHY ISN’T IT

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Milky
07/14/2016 at 10:38

I think we all know that the 240sx is the real fantastic car here.

Milky > Out, but with a W - has found the answer
07/14/2016 at 10:38

I really want a convertible though. After you chop the top of that thing you could feel the chassis flex a mile before the corner.

Stapleface > Milky
07/14/2016 at 10:40

I’ll take two great cars. My automotive attention deficit disorder would make me get bored of the fantastic car, even if it was the one car I've always dreamed about. I just can't be happy with any one car.

Milky > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/14/2016 at 10:43

Mountain adjacent houses are expensive.

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > Milky
07/14/2016 at 10:43

That should only help to enhance the sketchy fun.

On a more serious note: if you are able and willing to pay the costs associated with the Elise (you do not want to get in a fender bender, those clams are amazingly expensive), I’d say go for it. Otherwise get an S2000, drive it through winter as well, and put the rest of the money in a savings jar for your next purchase.

Milky > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2016 at 10:48

I cant argue that.

Milky > Stapleface
07/14/2016 at 10:50

Does that mean you’re unhappy with your Civic, or do you have another car I don’t know about?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Milky
07/14/2016 at 10:58

The two cars are just so good that it doesn’t matter. Go for 2

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Milky
07/14/2016 at 11:00

I see one great car vs one great car and one amazeballs car (the lifted driftmachine)

In all seriousness, for the price of an Elise, just pick up an MRS and drop in the 2ZZ from the Lotus for half the price.

Milky > Out, but with a W - has found the answer
07/14/2016 at 11:00

Yea when it comes time to actually put money down I’m sure I’ll get my adult on and just get an S2k. Which is hardly a bad thing.

But never the less:

Kinja'd!!!

Milky > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
07/14/2016 at 11:30

I’m more of the only mod the exhaust kind of enthusiast. Swaps are cool but my car calls a parking garage home.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Milky
07/14/2016 at 11:33

Pay someone else to do it. Still half the price.

Milky > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
07/14/2016 at 11:35

They really are both amazing. That 240 would be a great project car/winter beater and the S2k is well, an S2k.

My bird IS the word > Milky
07/14/2016 at 11:38

Personally I would get the lotus... Except that I don't think I fit in one. Exotic wins every time.

Stapleface > Milky
07/14/2016 at 11:39

Well, my wife owns a ‘10 Corolla. But basically it’s just my Civic. And I am a bit unhappy with it, because it’s just boring. Part of that is my fault for buying one with a CVT though.

Don’t get me wrong, the Civic is a perfectly fine vehicle for what I need a vehicle for. I just am bored of it. Trying to think back, in the 23 years I’ve been driving, I think the longest I’ve had any vehicle was maybe 3 years. The Civic might surpass that though, because I can’t really justify getting something different when all I really need is something that drives me back and forth to work, while getting decent gas mileage. Oh yeah, and having a student loan I’m still paying, so no $$ for a better car.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Milky
07/14/2016 at 11:51

I really do appreciate the inclusion of a back window with a central slide from a pickup. The Xterra roof rack is awesome too. Also, I totally want to RB boss kit that.

DynamicWeight > Milky
07/14/2016 at 11:51

Reliable Daily Driver, then project (go fast), then another project (go anywhere). Sprinkle in motorcycles and bicycles for flavor.

Milky > DynamicWeight
07/14/2016 at 13:35

So more cars equals mo’ better.

DynamicWeight > Milky
07/14/2016 at 13:48

Yeah, but like everything there is a balance. Don’t fall into the pit of having five shitty cars and no good cars. And also try not to have too much overlap. I can’t understand why someone would have three sports cars for instance and no trucks or comfy cars. But I suppose this is getting into personal preferences.

Milky > Stapleface
07/14/2016 at 14:00

That student loan repayment life is real .... I’m just trying my best to ignore it now and buy a new car. Before something major breaks on my current car.

Milky > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
07/14/2016 at 14:01

Ooof ... I forgot about the awesome RB kit, but its the price of that entire 240sx. Would look great though.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Milky
07/14/2016 at 14:02

Someone has already done an off road Boss but not a Boss truck.

Milky > DynamicWeight
07/14/2016 at 15:26

Don’t get too worried. I’m buying a sports car so I can sell my current sports car. I’ve really enjoyed driving my RWD cars in the winter so if I even get to a winter beater it’d be a surprise.

DynamicWeight > Milky
07/14/2016 at 15:50

I’ve always been a fan of RWD in snow. I think it gives you more control if you know what you’re doing.

Craigslist Ad Saver.com > Milky
07/14/2016 at 20:28

Here’s that saved 240sx ad. It has all the images and description and will viewable forever http://www.craigslistadsaver.com/view.php?name=…

maximillious > Milky
07/19/2016 at 09:45

Im just gonna say.... The guy that I bought my s2000 from I talk to now and then. He was regretful for selling it to get a Lotus. He likes his lotus, but wants his s2k back. Which will never happen since I will be buried in that car. The point of what I am saying... for the love of god... get the s2k.

Milky > maximillious
07/19/2016 at 10:44

I don’t know if that is great or terrible news. Great becasue I’ll probably get an S2K, but terrible because the Elise has always been a dream car.

Also your car is damn near perfect. If you don’t mind me asking what’d you pay for it?

maximillious > Milky
07/19/2016 at 11:05

I paid 15.5k with 80k miles and the paint matched hard top. I spent a year shopping for it. The previous owner had put an aftermarket exhaust on it but returned it to stock because...in his words “it just wasnt as good as the car was stock”

Its was really an insane deal. The car is a no accident one owner texas car that had been stored (and occassionally driven) in wisconsin for about a year.

I had a FoST that i sold to get it and it was far an away the best life decision i have ever made. I hope, in life, i never find myself without an s2k ever again. God forbid this one ever gets totaled...i would go out and buy another, i wouldnt consider anything else.

Milky > maximillious
07/19/2016 at 15:26

Damn, you got a good deal.

I just made another S2k oppo post becasue at work and why not?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > maximillious
10/20/2016 at 18:00

I’m heading to the Ozarks of NW Arkansas with a group of S2Ks next weekend - they call it the S2K BMT and have been doing it for 10 years now, apparently. People are coming in from all over!

maximillious > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/20/2016 at 20:48

That sounds fucking epic. Do they have a facebook group or web site i can check out. I have been dying for a road trip in the s2k.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > maximillious
10/20/2016 at 21:23

Here’s the forum page: http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/1161893-fall-2016-boston-mountains-10-year-anniversary-tour/page__pid__24068142#entry24068142

There’s Fb, too, but I don’t know if I can add you. Hope you can make it! They limit it to 60 cars, but there might still be room and time to join in.