Thanks for allyour views, atm i am thinking about one, as they are much cheaper to insure then the Civic, although from what i have read i would be better boosting my budgets to the Civic, its only a matter of £500 between them.
The GTi is a lot more expensive then the SRi, insurance, initial cost of the car and running/maintanece etc. its probably a big difference at the end of the year.
I like almera's. I was recently looking at a 1.4, then someone said to get the 1.6 - so after looking at those, i was then told - if your getting one, just get the 2.0!! So i decide i got fed up of looking and kept the micra! Lol