$5000 challenge

$5000 challenge
2004 WRX Wagon
2005 Cooper S JCW
2005 Civic SI EP3

I need a daily driver with good gas mileage and utility.
I'm also in design school and it's hard to not be biased about the Mini's looks.
All cars are around $5000 and 150,000 miles.

What should I choose?

My current car is a 92 Civic VX hatch, getting tired of it getting broken into even with my alarm.

>I also work at a Honda dealership so I have cheap parts availability for Honda's

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>mini a shiy
>wrx to much money when it brakes
My vote is for the 5k civic
The wrx might not be awful either

The civic SI may also be k20a2 Acura RSX swapped. That may change things a bit.

a $5000 WRX is an awful idea. Premium gas, breaks down a lot, will be more abused than your average civic or mini.

A 9-2x will handle better (stock sti steering rack) and will likely be less abused if you live in burgerland.

Not even true now, everyone knows about the 9-2x Aero. It's no secret.

Prelude SH?

Ep3 all the way, huge hatch back good on gas. Fun to drive cheap and easy to fix. It's by far the best option

There's sooooo much better shit you can get for 5k than these little turds.

Look harder.

example?
This is what I'm leaning towards. Especially because there are k20a2 and k20z3 swapped ep3s in my area for 6k