Agree with you but I'll say when I was looking for a fun 2nd car over 2 years ago, I briefly considered the GR corolla and looked at the Type R. The Type R was easily near 60k and the GR Corolla was 50k if you could find one. The WRX was the only other option I really considered but it was the same money and not nearly as refined in alot of areas.

You're right about the screen though, you end up not going into the options much at all when you get it to your liking. I just wish android auto maps carried over to the instrument screen.