The choice is up to you for buying a DSM or a TC, because I worked at toyota for year and half and drove a lot of tc's they're an all around nice car to own. Don't know much about modded ones, but I'm sure if done right($$) they'll perform better like any other car, they use the 4cyl camry engine btw so reliability isn't an issue . A clean dsm has always been eye candy to me personally as well... and you've had one of the cleanest dsms I've seen. Btw isn't there a "5-bolt" engine on the 2nd gen that's suppose to be the most reliable but hardest to find? I don't know much about those cars but ya, definitely dependable with regular maintanence and driven reasonably(not launching\racing all the time).