But that's my heart talking and my head is saying you don't need something that expensive, just wait and see what the market does. Maybe I'll just get an outback from the same year and eventually put some turbo on it......
Good plan to wait and watch - you have the time. I just checked car sales for the usual hot wagons I look at and things have gotten a bit rare and expensive at the moment!
I probably wouldn't get an Outback with plans to turbo it. An R&D project like that is going to be more money/delay/muck-around than getting a factory turbo car.
Funny you should mention the Outback though. back at my decision point I considered the Outback option and my very astute wife correctly pointed out I wouldn't be happy with a non-turbo car due to the lack of easy tuning/tinkering. She was bang-on. Obviously your requirements differ from mine, so grain of salt etc.