I say Cobra but I am biased.. LOL

The cobra is very street friendly while being an absolute monster. The are very easy and cheap to mod, to an extent. We also have some of the best tuners in the country at our back door. You can get a Cobra with about 20K miles for low 20's now and they hold their value great. The STI will be a little more reliable but the cobra has a cheap fix to almost everything. I have had mine for almost a year at almost 500RWHP with nothing but an alternator go bad.

I love the car to death. I would also look into c5 vettes!!