The things that worry me about the Tesla are 1) parts availability and the ability for me to fix it myself, since I tend to keep my stuff a long time, 2) Reliability (the Model S's that friends and co-workers have had were really poor), 3) whether I'd like the thing at all
When I think about the GTI, I think, yeah, that car is probably fine. I worry that I'm going to be working on it a lot as it ages. Because VW doesn't really design their cars to be reliable past ~ 60,000 miles.
The smart answer is probably to buy a Civic Si and just learn to ignore how ugly it is. Not sure I can convince myself to do that.