I have owned a 2004 wrx and I will tell you what, that is one great car....handles good, awesome power from the factory, a monster in the snow...just a all around awesome dd. I did a few tastefull mods on it nice bosal 3 inch cat back, a really mild open source tune. it wasnt really that fast being an auto but having 15 pounds of boost just made it feel violent when the turbo kicked in. I miss it alot but lost my job and had to give it up to the bank...but I will own one again some day. until then I got the malibu to work on and fix up.