Here's my situation. I finally got to autocross MY car last weekend, and it was awesome. Won my class, and had a spectacular time.
Thing is, my car is rusting pretty bad in the rockers, and across the rear floorboard. It's not weak or anything, so it's not a huge rush to replace it, but I'm torn about which strategy I should take.
Option 1.) One car to rule them all.
A multipurpose, do all car. I have two kids, so four doors are a must. I've thought about replacing my car with another Sentra, or a stick shift Maxima. I don't drive my car to work, I just need it when I get my two kids on the weekend, and whatever errands I run during the week.
Option 2.) Two is better than one.
Buy a sporty car to race with, and an SUV to haul the kiddos around, and occasionally tow the race car, maybe.
I'm leaning toward number two because my new Ladyfriend, also has two kids, and if the six of us decide to go to the zoo, right now we'd have to take two vehicles. So I'm leaning towards a truck based SUV with three rows.
I'm on a budget, and need to keep things cheap.,total budget of, eh, $5000? Obviously buying two cars within budget will lower the quality of those two cars, vs picking up a nicer late model car to race, and tow my two kids around in.
I'm open to other suggestions, too.
