[notfarnow]

Just a quick look shows a LOT of Miatas available within a day's drive for <5k, so I don't think I'd go that route. I'd really want to buy something that I can make a few $$ on up here.

If I could buy a car like the ones I posted above, I could get a west coast vacation (Route 1?) with Mrs Notfarnow, a great roadtrip home with my pa, and then spend the winter cleaning it up, tweaking and debugging. Drive it all summer till I sell it for ~9k, which is a pretty good price for a sorted Alfa around here.