Buddy of mine had a 03 wrx, excellent car ! After blowing the motor due to over boosting though(which is only his fault).He got new wrx. His grandma buys him everything so now he has a '10 wrx . After driving both of them I would give excellent feed back on the Subaru wrx ! I'm actually gonna pick one up myself here in the next 6 months hopefully ! Good luck on your search !