Before my GTI and R32 was a Mazda SP23 ... Awesome car, much loved. If anything, it was a more involved drive then either of the MK5's - just a great all rounder.
I had a red civic hatch 96/97 model, found out the it had been in a pretty bad accident before i brought it after it got hit by a 4wd - the amount of bog on it convinced me traded to it. Got the Golf trendline. Then i traded the trendline on the GT.
Sorry, BMW photo only. My photos are somewhere in my CDs.
Great car, fit and quality, smooth as, RWD! etc. 335i or R32, I couldn't resist the V6, sound, gusto and $value of the32 when I was supposed to be test-driving a GTi for my wife. So, I'm now a MkV owner who misses the kidneys.