I would buy a base 05 so I would get the less complex airbag system and no rear speakers to deal with. I would get a clean title free of accidents. Mine is an 07 salvage title car but it has absolutely no rust (rare for a Canadian car).

I've put a 365mm atiwe airbag steering wheel (smaller than oem) in mine and I had to wire in a resistor on one of the airbag wires (to remove the air bag light) and retrofit the old single stage plug on the other wire (it's a dual stage system on later cars) . An 05 would have made that installation bolt on/plug and play.

Also, many people on the forum have been suggesting that the cloth seats are more supportive on the base. I would just swap in sport seats.

If I was you I would wait until we get a permanent fix for the skreem and other modules that prevents the car from starting.