Do you have to buy from a dealer? You will find much better deals on the net and you won't have to pony up extra cash for sales tax, not that the economy doesn't need it. Craigslist, cars.com, autotrader, nasioc. I'd be willing to bet you can find a handful of desirable cars somewhere in the area for a reasonable price. My opinion, if you were going to spend that much on an 09, just buy new, base price is 24995 and you can still haggle as you could buying used. TSWs are not that impressive and you could use subarubucks to score spt parts for free. Oh, my experience has led me to believe that you will NEVER get a good or even fair deal at Internet, not to mention I would never buy a car that sounds to be in fair condition for $17k. There was an 05 sti in the frisco area for 17700 obo. I understand that the sti may be too much for her, point being, there are deals out there you just have to keep an eye out