I've only ever driven 2 Golfs. The 1.6 petrol model was a bag of shyte and officially one of the worst cars driven. The 150bhp diesel though That was niiiice. Punchy as hell - only my diesel Accord came close to the power of the Golf. Accord does have the best diesel engine ever - performance wise and refinery. Useless in terms of reliability though, so settled in the middle with the HDI