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My g/f's brother has a 09 GTI and we had his car for 7 months while he was in the navy boot camp... Such a nice car, had it from Nov-May, so experienced whatever winter we had last year. haha

It wasnt all dolled up inside, nothing to fancy but it did have power everything and factory HEATED CLOTH seats! I've never seen that before but its pretty amazing when you jump in during the winter and you dont have the cold leather but still have heated seats.

Got high 30's for gas mileage running back and forth to the cities from Winona (250mi round trip) and it was very comfortable and roomy.

My other option I was looking at was a 06-07 Mazdaspeed6. AWD - turbo 2.3L 6spd manual. Very nice cars that can be had in the price range of 16-22k with lower miles. They are just a little harder to find.