Fiat 500 Abarth

I think family obligations now require me to have a car with more than two doors, so I thought I'd see if there's any interest in my little Fiat.  It's a 5-speed manual, no options except for white 17" wheels.  I bought it used in 2016, it's currently just shy of 40k miles.  It's not my DD and only gets driven a handful of times a month, stays garaged otherwise.  It's done three track days and a season of autocross and has given me exactly zero problems. 

It's mostly stock, with the exception of a bigger rear bar and an extra set of wheels and tires for fun times (Rota RB in 16x7, good Hankook RS3s).  I have a clip-in Schroth 4-point harness, a short ram intake, and some EBC Yellow front pads to go with it.

Most similar Abarth are on AutoTrader right now for about $10,000 so that seems like a good place to start, negotiable obviously. 

Disregard, went ahead and traded it in for this:

Nice! I love that color scheme. What did they give you in trade for the abarth??

I'm wondering how many of us are left?  Had mine from new for just over 6 years, but thinking next year might be time for a change.  Nothing wrong, just not getting younger and want to try more cars while I'm healthy to enjoy them.

And the N is actually on my list.

Yep, same.  It fit my needs when I bought it four years ago, but now my needs are changing and I don't have space to keep more than two cars.  The Veloster N checked most of the boxes;  I'd also looked at a Civic Si but I wanted to stick with a hatch and didn't want to shell out $$$ for a Type R.  Plus the N is far more rare around here than anything comparable. 
 

And I tried CarMax first and was only offered $3000 to buy it outright...  Hyundai gave me $5000 on the trade-in.  

Out of all the new cars at the Chicago Auto Show this past February this was one of the only ones that I was excited about and felt it could be a daily driver.

Sure the C8 Corvette was exciting but it's our of my price range and not really available.  

I REALLY want an N, and current events are making me feel a lot more "live for today" than prudent.

I think the N is the smart choice, but I'm also considering a non-turbo 996 911, Corvette C6 or Bullitt/Boss 302 variant Mustang.

The advice I received was "if your job is secure right now and you were looking to buy a car already, now is the time to do it."  You don't have to tell me twice when dinner's ready...

And I'd considered something lightly used as well but I also kinda wanted a new car for a change, and Hyundai's warranty is pretty tough to beat.  Plus it specifically says that the warranty is not void just because you use the car for track events, and I can't wait to get it on the track...