Now that the excitement should be dying down, I thought it was safe to put up a new topic asking advice!

I'm going to get rid of the Leon soon and get shut of my finance, so I will be buying something a little cheaper, around the £3.5 - £4k band. At the minute I am leaning towards an E36 as a good all round solid car that has a nice bit of pace and should be pretty bulletproof (provided it's had a block change to sort the nikasil issue) but the Scooby is also turning my head a little as a faster car.... However, I am thinking I'd be better off with the N/A car as the old turbo on a mid 90s Impreza is just another thing to let go and cost me money plus I think it will be harder to find a nice one.....

Opinions?