# E30 vs Miata vs ??? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [July 23, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e30-vs-miata-vs/52054 "2008-07-23T18:33:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e30-vs-miata-vs/52054/4 "2008-07-23T18:54:38Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > What kind of budget? > > When I was just blasting around in the winter, I loved my e30 it seemed so tight into me and I felt like i was the car. The M3 I have now seems so bloated… like I need to gain 45 pounds to get that feel again. 3 to 4 thousand seems to be what I want to spend but that would include any maintainance needed to make it track worthy. I have wanted an e30 for awhile now but people seem to think they are worth so much now that you could jump intpo an e36 for only a little bit more. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/e30-vs-miata-vs/52054)._