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The Golf was nice, felt like good quality and solid... but it's fairly expensive for what it is, the default options and design choices at the lower end all seemed to favour getting you to buy more.
It was a solid car, it just didn't offer bang for buck, nor feel like a perfect fit. All of the VWs felt like they were aimed at small families - the exception being the overpriced Scirocco - , and I kinda feel that our usage differs a bit.
For example, I knew I wanted leather seats, as if you drive to South Wales for mountain biking, sweat your arse off, get in the car and drive back... cloth seats stink fairly quickly. Leather is easier to keep clean and nice... less of the stink.
There were just things like that... start adding those options and you open the doors to a lot more choice in the market.
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They're nice cars to drive.
I'm surprised you found the Golf lacking, I've never had a problem and far too regularly spend 4hrs in the car. I love 'my' little TSI, so much space, quite fast, quite economical (Nottingham to London last night was 49mpg).
I also have no decent options on it to speak of, and its 3yrs old.
(The seats are amazingly comfortable)