Ok, my opinion is to go with the Spec-V. Every single cute girl at USF drives a Corolla. Meaning...It's a girls car. It really is. I drove a Corolla S last weekend. (It was a girls car that goes to USF

) and they just feel shitty, and cheap, and ride so high, and are slower than shit. Go with the Spec-V man between the Corolla and the Spec-V.
I also drove a SRT-4 like 2 weeks ago, with just an open down pipe, and that shit was very impressive. I used to hate them, until I drove one. The pull is alright on those cars. Put it this way, it was better than I had expected anyway. Way better.
Instead of everyone's opinion. Go out, drive the SRT-4/SPEC-V/Corolla XRS. Base your opinion on first hand driving. Actually TEST drive the car, take some corners, punch it on a straight away, rip the gears. Take the car to it's limits. I bet you'll buy the SRT-4 after test driving all of them. Watch! Let us know what you end up buying.
$20,000=SRT-4>Spec-V>Corolla XRS