MINIs are wantfull machines. The big question will be reliability. Hopefully your girlfriend's car treats her well, and I'm sure BMW has worked out some kinks for the new one. I could see making that switch.
The WRX is cool, and I'm sure great...but I dunno. Gaters gonna gate.
I won't be making a jump for a long while. Test drives, doe. I will be making plenty of those.