Just been dreaming

on pistonheads and autotrader and had a thought that nothing really floats my boat more than modifying my GTI.
Those of you who moved on, what did you buy and how does it compare? Any regrets?
I know lots of people will say ed30/Pirelli/R and modify and that's fair enough but if not a golf what else? I can only see running 2 cars, one being for fun the other for daily use being a step forward nothing I can see out there to compete as a do it all car.