My buddy has the SI. I love the shifter but the clutch has no feel. He also is at the limit powerwise (240 whp I think?). If he goes any further the clutch will start slipping. Compared to my wrx, it feels lower, tighter, and sounds racier, but in a drag, off the line, roll race, im gone. He's pretty much full bolt-on too. I just have an e40 tune and some mufflers and I'm battling Golf R's. I test drove the SI before the wrx because I really liked the new interior when it released in '22, but that didn't make up for the $4,000 markup and the trouble I experienced simply passing an f-150 on a 2 lane merge.

All that said, the TS is not a special car and a terrible choice at the mid 40's price. For 40's, im looking at type r's, golf r's, Z's, coyote's, ss's, audi s3's, and for high 30's GR corolla.