What car would you buy for $10-15K?

this is an insanely ignorant statement. i have driven both, and the STI put a smile on my face that no vw has ever been able to come close to, and i am a VW guy. yes a mk5 gti is quick with a little software, but the sti does things on dry pavement that my audi can only do in snow.

dry pavement powerslides > understeer