Compared to a contour WRX's are cake to work on... and the spark plugs aren't that hard with a couple extensions...

Reliability... besides tranny problems... which are debatable w/o abuse.. and the sti tranny is pretty tough to break.. the wrx is extremely reliable from my experience and all indications.

04 Subaru WRX "Eurosport bling bling fast and furious tokyo drift" "They have diarrhea of the mouth, and constipation of thought"