With that budget, well, if you can go to 10k max then on autotrader just found four 1.8turbo's all for 10k with about 30000miles on each. one even had santa monica 17"wheels on it.
As for V5's well you can get, a lot more for your money, Muilage under 40000 prices start at 8000 for a t plate, but if i was you i would stay clear of the v5, not very impressive ( blew one away today in my PD130) and expensive if you wanna tune.
You can just scrape a PD 130 for 10k with 85000 on clock, but i would'nt bother as it will be a sh!t example.
And this is the one i did'nt believe myself, ?9895 for a x plate v6 4-motion with 80000 miles on theclock, but it is 4 wheel drive.
Normally aspirated GTi' s, well thousands really, there are thousands of normal 2.0 or 1.8 GTis. But without being rude to veryone else who has one i would stay clear if you can afford a turbo, Plus the 1.6 se is virtually same performance spec as the 2.0 and the insurance will be half the price, so not worth it.
My choice for your 10K would be a 1.8turbo with santas, but i bet thats gone now, have a play on autotrader, there are some real nice examples on there, I did the search for max price 10k, 200 miles from ME10. have a look,
Also try to get aone with sports suspension, as mine does not have the sports kit and is ver scary on the corners, barge handling is standard.
Good luck,
No offence to the guys who have 2.0 & 18 NA GTi, just if he can afford turbo then it's worth it, i am sure you will agrea
