Used cars are cheap as nails here in America. You can get unbeleivable deals. Mine is a 1997 Spyder GS-T... I got it for $6500 with 110,000 miles on it. To add to that, Mitsubishi depreciates more than any car here in America, so that helped with the price too. I'm still in school, and have a job as well, so every paycheck I manage to put something into my car. I'm a British citizen actually, and I remember how expensive cars and tuning them is over there...not to mention auto insurance...insurance is different over here; there are no grades (out of 20). You just pay on the year and mileage of the car, so its affordable.