Buy this car for $300
...and bolt a non-turbo 4g63 in it for about $400 and run low 14's, or go for a JDM turbo 4g63/tranny/ecu combo for about $1200 and go run 10's. Have a car that cost $1500 less than you were going to spend, and also, could have the fastest hatch on HAN.

Reliability...

Turbo: How good of a mechanic are you? If you swap it yourself, you shouldn't have any problems.

Non-Turbo: Rock solid for 200k miles if you just change the timing belt and oil on time.