The only way to own an STI is
The only way to own an STI is new or on lease. This way, none of its racing related damage will be hidden from you. This car is like the turbo RX Mazdas...you will be using the rev limiter as a shift point, which means they will always be driven hard and put away wet. A rally driver friend once said of the early 2.0 STI: "I could never driver it; it holds on so well, your only sense of its limit would be if you were upside down in the trees."