At the moment I have a MK4 VW Golf GT TDI and while I've been very happy with the handling and torque of the car, especially since it's been chipped, I feel it's time for a change. I do like the MK5 Golf and I think it's a vast improvement over the MK4, but I have also been looking at the BMW 120D Sport as a possible alternative. I must admit I was looking forward to owning my first RWD car and I was hoping to impress my son Jasper who is a big fan of japanese drifting DVDs by doing little a drift around a roundabout one day, as long as the road is clear of other users of course.

I was reading an article ( http://www.justgofaster.com/Articles/Rants/tabid/210/ctl/ArticleView/mid/486/art
icleId/22/The-2006-Smug-car-of-the-year-award-goes-to.aspx ) on the Just Go Faster car site and the 1-Series has won it's "smug car of the year" award which has put me off a bit, it gives the impression that people buy it as a fashion statement and I value handling and torque over fashion, although we do own 4 Ipods, but I chose them for compatibility with my wife's G4 IBook than for fashion. Their previous winners were the Audi A4 Avant, the Toyota Prius and the BMW 530 Tourer; I assume this is a yearly prize they give out.

Very best,

Quentin