ur car seems fine...even without a warranty, if it is riding fine, other than payin' for the regular maintenance, I don't see how it would cost a lot to maintain. I personally don't like the VW Golf, but I've never had any experience with one...he he...the Honda Prelude is nice though...I like them in silver or black, but they are expensive relative to the Civic right? I love the Civic SiR...it is super light, the engine is super rev happy, and it is very tossable...and there are SOOO many ppl in Vancouver with Civics who you can talk to and the mods are suppose to be super cheap...they are also pretty inexpensive now, because they are moving in with the new Civic model line (u can negotiate), and I think this is the left over SiR...so it may be goin' pretty quickly...