You're still right in time for cheap WRX STis

>As fast as a newer sports car
>Still 100% mechanical with the only "bad thing" being a laggy e-throttle (leave it in Sport Sharp)
>Best steering and shifter feel out of any car that isn't a Miata or a S2000
>Mechanical LSDs front center and rear something the new WRX doesn't have
>Real AWD unlike the Focus RS/GR Corolla that won't break
>Tons of greenroom/visibility
>Aftermarket Support for Years and shops/tuners everywhere in the country
>Even if you can't make infinity horsepower in one, 300-350whp is still fun as fuck in a short geared <3400lb AWD car (GR can't go past 320whp without floating valves, RS can't go past 380whp without turning into FWD)
>Have depreciated out, the price floor is $10-14k for JDM GC8s or 100-150k mile GD 04-07s/08-14 GRs while every other car from the same time period is still >$30k

Take the STI pill they're really fun to drive