Agreed.... and I own a golf!
If you have to get a golf... get a 1.8T, without the wheels and lights etc. Then you can add tasteful parts yourself and you have a higher chance that a chav didn't thrash it as the previous owner.
Mine looked ruff at the garage, but it only had 1 owner who used it as a 3rd car -shopping trolleywith low mileage and all stock parts. I then took to work and made it a shiney example of a well looked after car