Less than $30K daily driver,what you'd buy?

[Rhino]

I'm a Chevy guy at heart, but I'm really warming up to VW's. The Germans do some funky things under the hood, but they have good build quality, the interior in particular when comparing to my other vehicles.
I picked up a GTI when I had about an hour's commute to work, simply to save on fuel costs. I ended up falling in love with the little car. If/when anything happens to this thing I'll be replacing it with another GTI in a heartbeat.