Good gas mileage, low insurance, affordable?

Hey guys.

First time poster here but I've been reading for a while. Anyways, my parents are finally letting me pick a car that I want after a couple of years of driving around there old beat up Geo Prizm. Well, if possible I would like to buy a car that has potential to drift but it does have to meet a few requirements. It can't be super old (95+ish), it needs to get decent gas mileage (At least 20+ in the city), and has to have decently low insurance. My budget is around $10K - $15K.

After reading through the sticky and a couple of other threads about good drifting cars I've hit a wall. It seems like a lot of good drift cars are older (AE86, Datsun 510, Datsun Z's, etc.), high insurance (Miata...for a kid that has been only driving for a while the insurance would kill me on a convertible.), or bad gas mileage (SC300, IS300, Mitsu Starion, Chrysler Conquest). I was hoping that you guys could help me out that would meet all of my requirements. I know that it's asking A LOT but I was hoping that there's a car out there for me. Any suggestions?

Thanks a ton guys! I really appreciate any replies.

- The Punisher

240SX


That is all. This thread is over.

Okay, thanks. It seems like the 240SX is the obvious choice as it seems to fit all of my requirements, I am looking at the Porsche 924's/944's as they seem to have a huge fan club around some forums. How do you think that the 924/944 compares to the 240SX?

Thanks guys and I appreciate all of the help!

- The Punisher

Besides the fact that their ugly, parts are expensive, they're the body roll masters and they aren't powerful... Its a pretty cool car.

Miatas aren't bad to insure, since most of them are either driven by people who never drive them or 50 year old bearded guys.

Okay, thanks. It seems like the 240SX is the obvious choice as it seems to fit all of my requirements, I am looking at the Porsche 924's/944's as they seem to have a huge fan club around some forums. How do you think that the 924/944 compares to the 240SX?

Thanks guys and I appreciate all of the help!

- The Punisher

i thought you wanted the good gas milage...you certainly not going to get that with the 944 V8...not as good as a 240 though....

second, you need al that stuff u want when you want the porsche...they cost a lot of money to maintain, because they are pretty 'old'.

buy a 240, swap it with a SR20DET and have about $5000( AFTER the swap) for some simple modification to the suspension, tweak the engine a bit(up to 300 horses will help you a bit for a starter, when you are getting better, you can opt for more horses) LSD and you're pretty much set for the moment.