I spent a lot of time doing climbs and various road circuit racing, drifting was just a thing that happened organically. We never did exhibition, and I never really got into japanese cars. Reliability for me was always about completing a race, I always left my daily driver bone stock.
<(._.)> Well I drove Hondas so you know I wasn't out there breaking speed records. LOL.
I just liked that whatever I wanted to do with the car wasn't as expensive as other brand names and for the time, I could actually get better quality parts (than OEM) at a cheaper price.
It was more driving it around my buddy's shop, drive it back into a bay, check the data and tweak the car some more. Didn't like the brakes or suspension? Upgrade time!!
I was looking at Subarus, but really for what the car does, it's fine stock, messing with them might end up creating more problems than it's worth.
Actually feel relieved that I am considering another Honda or Acura again, was getting stressed out finding bad Imprezas and worried that putting down something around $6K and the engine could be bad if it was the 2.5L H4 and WRX right now would be fun but wouldn't be able to do anything to it if I had payments.