Subtle (normally aspirated engines suck):
05 Legacy GT Wagon with Cobb chip.
62 Alfa Romeo Spider- had a 1.6 L with 80 hp, now 2 L with 160 torque. Curb weight 2050 lbs.
93 Leg Twgn fmic, vf34, etc. ((sold))
Exige 240R for me.
But given the original choices I'd go with the Elise. I saw an orange one yesterday, and two today in silver and burgandy. Hopefully the used market is flooded when I have money.
They're pretty cheap. Get an S2. S1s had major driveshaft problems since they were a stressed part of the suspension. I think there was a much-needed timing tensioner change and the HGs were better, though by now older ones have likely been retrofitted. There was a real nice S2 turbo here for 17k that I kept eyeing.
Midnight in a Perfect World on Amazon or order anywhere. The first book in a quartet chronicling the rise of a man from angry criminal to philanthropist. Midnight... is a distopic noirish novel featuring 'Duchess', a modified 1990 Subaru Legacy wagon.