I wasn't referring to you, just accrediting you for making the statement. I’m making a generalized comment on those who would automatically assume that a person who chooses to buy a newer, or better car from the get go hasn't the same automotive skills, or desire as the one who would buy a 20-year-old Fox body because they chose something that won’t require $10,000 worth of work to perform on par with the newer car in the first place.
It ALWAYS makes more sense to start with the best starting point you can afford. If someone chooses to do otherwise, they're making a decision based on other, less rational reasons.
I CHOSE my fox because of nostalgia, initial low cost purchase price and simplicity reasons. Not because it made the most sense to buy, was the better starting point, or qualifies me as more of a "car guy". I'll be the first (and by the looks of it the only) to admit that.