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I meant it's unoriginal in I feel it's the default answer for your type of question. Civic is a great car, and it's supposed to be a blast, plus you get Honda reliability. You could probably get an early 2000s WRX in that price range but you'd be looking higher mileage.   And while Subaru's are known for reliability, one under $15k will be ridden hard and put away wet.  3000GTs and 200SXs are gonna be under budget and fun but require more upkeep and are better suited as more of a weekend/track car. If you wanna go domestic the Focus SVT will be cheap, fun, and have an import feel but you're falling back into that high mileage area. There's probably more interesting cars out there but I believe for your price/criteria an Si would be a good way to go. I should probably stop now. 
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