Dumped the Golf, aim to pick up the Battlebus in about 5-6hrs, depending on how incompetent the usual mongs are at LTN. So will probably be tomorrow.
I can wholeheartedly say that I do not recommend the Golf as a Focus/Astra type car. Cramped, slow, thirsty, uncomfortable. 1.2 TSI absolutely mullered by a 1l Focus, and took nearly as much fuel to fill it as the Focus, despite doing just over half the mileage.