+1 for the "I'm considering a Golf GTI" brigade. Prob gonna go have a look at one this week, only problem is all my mates who I'd take as a second opinion are out of town.

I also considered the Megane R26, a little different and also much faster and more involving to drive than the Golf but a harder ride (they were engineered from the start to be a hard core hot hatch, so impeccable handling and an LSD but hard hard ride), however their AUD price got released while I was away and they're a good 5000 more than the Golf. Thats crazy cos in the UK they're 2000 pounds ($5000) less than the Golf. With that price difference you'd go the Golf every time.

yeah R32 is here.

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Last edited by Trance Nutter on Aug-07-2007 at 07:12

i recommend getting a dependable, inexpensive car and putting a good stereo in it.

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Originally posted by VAR i recommend getting a dependable, inexpensive car and putting a good stereo in it.

Yup, like I said earlier - Just get a Corolla. They're so reliable, and cheap.

You wanna put a sound system in it? Go for it. Though, ask yourself how much time you really spend in your car.

And forget the ricey shit, please! You're only guaranteeing that you look like a tool!

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Avoid anything european for awhile, once they break down (and they do break down eventually) you get skinned alive for parts and servicing, being it's your first car, you're also going to crash it into things and it tends to be twice as costly for everything. The Honda Civic's, Nissan Pulsars, Toyota Corollas and the like are good cars for what they are and relatively cheap to fix, break and they'll go at least twice as fast as you actually need to kill yourself in them.
After you've managed to wreck it, settle down a bit and have a little more sense on the road, get something good.