lol forsure i'm going to go the CPO/used route. If I can find a mk6 GTI/R for a really good price, then i'll go with that. If not, i'm thinking an A4 avant. But at the same time, i'm kind of hesitant to go the A4 route, because i'm not too familiar with the common problems for them.
As far as mk6's go, i was kind of spoiled with my first one, because it was a 2012 (got it last year, so it was only a year old) for only $17k. Granted, it had 44k miles on it, but they were highway miles. So now, when I look for GTI's in about the same condition mine was before it was totaled, I still have yet to find one under $20k. I'm not too fond of paying more money for the same car I already had. It's just a hard pill for me to swallow.