Wow this thread became a monster.. I appreciate people idea's and the opinions about what 18k can buy you etc (incidentally, that figure was not mentioned by me.) What generally happens is people tend to favour the cars they like and drive themselves, which is natural of coarse.
People have suggested BMW's, Fords, even Lotus and Evo's!!! From the thread title I think its fairly obvious that I want a conservative styled oil burner. Suggestions such as the A3 the 1 or 3 Series BMW would probably and have been more appropriate. Those who suggested those models I appreciate your input. I appreciate those who suggested the Jap cars too, but they don't interest me.
There are some valid points regarding the purchase of a second hand car over a new one and I'm certainly not ruling that out.. the stigma that was mentioned about owning a second hand motor is something that (up until mentioned here) I was not aware of. I have owned a few second hand cars as I have owned a few new cars. I will say that there are circumstances that it can be more financially favourable to buy new over used..but maybe not in the case of this car.
It would have been nice to hear from other Golf owners, but I have found another forum that has answered any queries I had...again thanks for your input
