Focus or VW Golf?

[DoubleCheese]

Evening all, I have the opportunity to buy a car tomorrow from auction, either an 05 Focus LX Estate, 1.6TDCi with 66k Miles, or a 04 Mk5 2.0Tdi Golf 3 door with 77k miles. The Focus has FSH to 4k miles ago, don't know on the Golf but I suspect it'll be similar. Price wise the Focus will be about £35-37500 and the Golf about £5500. Both are in great, the Focus is pretty basic though while the Golf has really nice alloys and is fully colour coded.
I'll be using the car for work as well and will probably do about 15k miles a year. I appreciate that Petrol variants would be cheaper, but there are none about.

So, would I be daft to be considering the Focus against the more refined Golf? Or will the Focus and an extra £2k saved be the better option?

 

[mjt]

focus = 1.6 diesel..

'nuff said

 

[Cr0fty]

You will be paying a premium just because it's a Golf. If it were me i'd just spend the money on the Focus and have a holiday as well

*edit* From a quick look on PH You can get 03/4 plate more powerful, or just simply petrol focus' for ~4k, also. This would be an even better option

 

[Aero]

If your not fussed about the size of the car why not a mondeo? You'll get some refinement and a reasonable example in that price range.

Aero

EDIT:ok a few more miles but it looks nice.

 

[MagicBoy]

Golf

 

[[TW]Fox]

First rule of auctions: NEVER go to bid on a specific car.

 

[Hen_Dawg]

First rule of auctions: NEVER go to bid on a specific car.

Of course he can, just needs to set a limit

 

[Mr-White]

Focus

MW

 

[DoubleCheese]

Fox, thats why I have my eye on these two, they were the best of the bunch I saw tonight. The Focus would be more practical in an agricultural sort of way, but having just been for a spin a friends 1.8T Golf its in a different league in refinement terms. Tough decision...

 

[andy@moFo]

First rule of auctions: NEVER go to bid on a specific car.

Why?

 

[[TW]Fox]

Because you get carried away and end up paying over the odds because you wanted the car.

 

[Clown]

Like £37500 on a Focus!

 

[DoubleCheese]

Well...missed them both! I bid £5500 on the Golf and it went for over £5800, the Focus too went for about £300 over my max bid. Oh the joys of the auction....

 

[mOdO]

Golf - mk5 that is.

 

[The Mad Rapper]

You will be paying a premium just because it's a Golf. If it were me i'd just spend the money on the Focus and have a holiday as well

*edit* From a quick look on PH You can get 03/4 plate more powerful, or just simply petrol focus' for ~4k, also. This would be an even better option

No, he's paying a premium for a better car with a bigger engine.