Seriously cheesed off at my VW Golf now.

[adz]

Update:
I informally listed my car for sale on tdiclub.com forums for $11,500 and have interested people, one of whom is local and will look at it tomorrow. On the positive side the resale value is VERY strong right now. On the negative side local car dealers over the last ~2 weeks have started marking up their new inventory by several thousand dollars. Right now is a terrible time to buy a new car. It looks like the repercussions of the Japan tragedy has caused a shortage of new cars and dealers are responding by markups, especially fuel efficient cars.

So don't buy new, look for something two or so years old. Personally, I'd avoid anything European as they can be quite costly to maintain out of warranty, the used Japanese market downunder is pretty ripe and some good deals can be had, not sure if that is the case on the other side of the pond...