Steve, my father drove a Mazda RX7 2+2 from 1988 to 2003; 41 to 56 years old. He loved it. We had some good times in that car, can you say "family vacation?"
We loved that car, even though it did place restrictions on the amount of baggage we could carry, and necessitated more rest stops to stretch the legs... I sure was happy to ride in a RX7 rather than some stupid minivan.
As my wife and I start our family, I'm starting our kid out with a 1er. Gotta prepare her for a litany of small, fast cars. I'm sure she won't complain about the size, although she may take bragging rights on the schoolyard from all the kids whose parents think its necessary to have 300 cubic feet of space for one kid, instead of 300hp .
