Dood, you'll get ideas, but in the end no one can tell you what to buy. You have to decide for yourself. I've been asking everyone what I should get, and everyone tells me what they want.
My price range is a tad higher since I'm willing to finance, and it's American money :fawk:
With that price range, and those cars. I'd choose the FC. not as common as a 5.0, but more than a TSi. Just be ready to keep it up more than your current car. I'd been considering the FC myself, but it's tough to find a TurboII model with decent mileage, not salvaged, and not too modded.
I'm thinking about just getting a 7th gen Civic EX coupe, and cruisin' wit dat. People who drive Accords around here are usually a buncha ghetto punks who think they're cooler than they are... :madfawk: Blegh... decisions suck.