Buy my mostly built AE86, then buy and install a few more toys like race seats, cage, sterio, tint, JDM rims, More suspention toys, more cool shit needed for the best awesome car, Bumpers, then spend a little time learning to handle it, and once you can learn not to hit anything...then paint it a wild MaD JdM TyTe Druiiiiiifffiittoooo colors...and...well...it has 4 seats
a little power, it;s turning into a collectors item as soon as a movie comes out, and and I would think that $12K's would cover it.....it just depends on what you want for the toy's toy's.
Or just buy a decent Jeep...and blend in with yuppies and tree-huggers....
ASking what to buy with $12K's is like asking a kid to go into a candy store with $100.....what ever they buy...it will make them fat and they will get a lot of pimples.
For say what the cars main function is....for gas economy...get a Insight, and install a good sterio...
For fast, then a Supra, and a big turbo....
For handling, an old CRX, with a lot of suspention work and a turbo.....
basically any car can be hooked up....
Personally...I would just buy the most rust free Z car I could find...and dump the rest in go fast parts....