I'm toying with the idea of buying a sub-$1,500 beater and entering it in this year's Concours d'LeMons. I saw a gorgeous first generation SHO on the freeway tonight and it has inspired me. Perhaps I need to find a cheap example of one of these Yamaha-engined beasts. With 220 horsepower and 200 lb-ft of torque, it had as much power as my E46 330i (which was made more than a decade later). That's pretty incredible.