# What's a good "neat" 2nd car for a 22 year old? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 12, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-neat-2nd-car-for-a-22-year-old/34955 "2009-08-12T17:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeffmw05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Jeffmw05](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeffmw05)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-neat-2nd-car-for-a-22-year-old/34955/1 "2009-08-12T17:30:14Z")
Hello all, Me and a friend of mine at work were discussing what kind of 2nd “for fun” car I might buy one day (this is purely hypothetical, I am a broke college kid). I have my 99 Accord for my daily driver and as for the weekend warrior I was thinking something like an old '88 Corolla gts and my buddy suggested an old mini. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-neat-2nd-car-for-a-22-year-old/34955/2 "2009-08-12T17:36:34Z")
There are literally thousands of possible choices, depending on what type of car you’re interested. Old English cars require lots of tinkering skills, but can be rewarding. Personally, for trouble-free fun driving I don’t see how you can beat a Miata. ---
**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-neat-2nd-car-for-a-22-year-old/34955/3 "2009-08-12T17:41:02Z")
Just about any convertible is a good fun car. That includes classics, Jeep Wranglers, and anything where the top goes down. ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-neat-2nd-car-for-a-22-year-old/34955/4 "2009-08-12T17:54:06Z")
There won’t be any to chose from they have all been traded for C4C. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffmw05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Jeffmw05](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeffmw05)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-neat-2nd-car-for-a-22-year-old/34955/5 "2009-08-12T19:15:14Z")
Cool, thanks for the interesting ideas : ) I do like Miatas ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-neat-2nd-car-for-a-22-year-old/34955/6 "2009-08-12T19:22:03Z")
In my case it would be any ragtop sports car. A Nissan 370Z would be perfect. An MG Midget would be more realistoc to my budget. For many years my Toyota pickups were the perfect second vehicle. I had acreage to maintain, enjoy woodworking, and was a hard-core cyclist. I could just throw the bike in the back and head to the ride. And all those muddy mountainbike rides were no problem for the truck bed. I would not have wanted to put a muddy bike in thefamily van. And I was raising a family, so I needed affordability. The pickups were perfect. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-neat-2nd-car-for-a-22-year-old/34955/7 "2009-08-13T01:34:10Z")
Lotus Exige. If that ain’t fun, nothing is. Hey, you said this is hypothetical… ---
**Author:** ![Manolito](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/manolito/32/3070_2.png) [@Manolito](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Manolito)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-neat-2nd-car-for-a-22-year-old/34955/8 "2009-08-13T04:31:16Z")
Maximum thrills - Ariel Atom Fun to work on and cruise or take to the track - e36 body BMW (1991 to 1999 3-series). If you don’t want to go to the track, then any old Camaro or Mustang. Fun and useful - old pickup, Chevy or Ford, 40s or 50s is cool, or an old VW Microbus. The old pre-BMW Minis were fun, but not very good vehicles. I drove one in the 1970s. If you want something to tinker with, that might be a good choice. ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-neat-2nd-car-for-a-22-year-old/34955/9 "2009-08-13T11:23:02Z")
Old Miata comes to mind.