Due to new year goals, and trying to motivate myself (I've been in a anti-motivational slump) I set myself a reaslist goal of purchasing a car before my birthday. I've been umming and r'ing about new vs used, small sports vs ute.
All these problems vanished today when i signed a contract for a new VW Polo GTI in Candy White. I'm really happy with my decision. It looks freakin awesome + it has leather seats! It's just what I need in a car (small, quick, able to transport my bike to places).
I did a great deal of research before making a decision. I also looked at a Holden UTE (the sales guy was a complete tosser), toyota yarris yrx (what was i thinking!), also the suzuki swift sport, ford fiesta XR4, and the Peugeot 207 GTI. Quite a mix eh? It was generally the styling, price and array of possible modifications that made the Polo GTI my fav.
Also if you're interested in VW's/Audi's check out http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au. Awesome club site/forums.... however unfortunately I can't get to it from work (?).