Thanks for all your replies. some really good points made there. I think the CTR is also quite tunable. I here an induction kit gives 10bhp and sounds absoloutly epic! and a remap gives a further 10 and frees up the revs more than they already are.
The main thing for me is the handling. I found the golf even when I slammed it 50mm all round was very sluggish round the corners.
Basically I have about 6k to spend on my next car. Any other recomendations ?
On my first CTR it had,
Mugen Airbox (had ITG maxogen on the second CTR which was better)
Hondata ECU chip. (More torque, bhp and brought the VTEC in at 4500rpm instaed of 6000rpm.
Lowered on Eibach springs
Spoon Manifold
Spoon centre box
Spoon N1 back box
18inch wheels
Earthing bonding
Loads of other bits too. To look at it looked standard, well apart from the wheels and it went like stink!, although it was far too noisy!
Horses for corses on what you pick. Both are very nice cars and whichever you choose you'll be happy.