I picked up this STi from a private sale down in Illinois, low ownership history and a ton of maintenance records on both the CARFAX and in the glove box.
This is my third Subaru (2nd STi), and I intend to keep it forever lol.
People often ask me “why a Subaru when there’s plenty of options out there” (very fair question) the short answer is, they’re addictive and I just really enjoy how they drive, how they shift, easy to work on (besides spark plugs), etc etc.
I feel that the 08-14 generation in specific gets a lot of the brunt since it was the first generation here in the US that wasn’t a GD chassis, but I love that they’re inbetween the size of a VA and a GD. Still plenty of trunk space (both the sedan and hatch), and your knees aren’t buried in the back of the front seats.