I was looking at swapping my Glanza with my mates Pulsar a few months ago, but decided against it after reading peoples comments on them. And then the fact I need the car every day and it would cost so much for fuel! But I love the cars, and my friend had one which was bloody quick and he never had any issues with it at all and he had it for 1.5years. But knowing my luck, it would brake in a week! I didnt have the money to spend on keep fixing one if it did go wrong. Im looking at getting an Evo 5 now, next year some time. The insurance on a Pulsar GTiR for me was £600 fully comp, 21 with 3ncb. Evo 2 or 3 was £1800! Evo 5 will be £900 as of January. I suppose you need to look at whether you would have spare cash to spend on fixing things like the gear box if it did go wrong. A Starlet is definatly alot cheap to run and tax etc.