Things I’ve learnt: When buying a car…

When buying a car there are 3 basic parameters to consider:

Affordability
Reliability
Coolness

You can pick any two.
Of course affordability is relative and cool is subjective, but in my experience it simply isn’t possible to have all three.
UPDATE 05/05/08: I brought a new (used) car…a Skoda Fabia vRS, and I’m very happy with it.
It’s the best combination of [...]