That indicator feature sounds crappy. I bet it was coupled with one of those nasty "plipping" electronic reminders rather than the click of a relay? Rest assured I've tried plenty of vehicles made in the last two or three years which had traditional indicators.

Your new car sounds sensible. VW has a good reputation for reliability (good enough, in fact, that it's the marque I considered defecting to from Lexus) as well as more reasonable servicing costs than Audi. Are you intending to run it indefinitely, or do you have an eye on residual value? While fine for you, an engine that small might make it a little harder to shift on the second-hand market, so it might need to be traded in rather than sold privately. Similarly, if the red paintwork is non-metallic.

I realise, however, that I've never actually driven a VW. I've driven Audis and Seats, though, which amounts to much the same thing.