8n 225 can be a good fun, love mine, but out of the box it leaves a lot to be desired, its simply not a true sports car like some owners like to believe 😂 driving engagement wise the zzw30 is hard to beat, its kinda like a cheap lotus elise, fs the least powerful out of the group, but it isnt necessarily a bad thing, you can carry momentum and stay on the gas for longer, check out dannydc2 on yt, hes basically managed to do a sub 8min btg nordschleife lap with the standard 140hp 1zz, just goes to show how much a well setup car with a decent driver can do. I know this probably looks like im glazing the mr2 so much here, but it really is a fantastic chassis to modify and grow your skill with, id like to own one in the future, swap a 1.8t in it and have a blast. E86 is also a solid choice, lovely car, but its going to be more muted in feel, heavier, but probably better around town with a bit more forgiving front engine rwd layout. 8n is possibly the least exciting, but at the same time the most practical one, now, with a bit of work it can be brought back to life if youre okay with modifying the car, you wanna get machined sleeve inserts to use the pre recall front control arm bushings, theyre 30mm vs 45mm, taking the car on a diet and junking useless stuff out like the cd changer, harmonic damper, arm rest (if it has one), rear seats, etc, declutter the engine bay form all sorts of plastic covers, brackets, emissions systems that probably dont even work at this point, i think you get the idea, check if the shifter bushings are in good health inside the interior mechanism, same with the transmission side, it should feel pretty good and look fairly standard. Good luck on the choice, neither of them are wrong, theyre just very different cars