If you are to get any other golf i stress it must be the 1.8 20v turbo and up 
I shopped around and waited to find mine.
Mine is a 1.8 20v turbo 1999, 89k miles, £2500 Bargain
never looked back.
Hope this helps
p.s mine is in black and if you clean it every 3 days lol it does stay clean
and look the best out of any colour
Indeed it will be, reason i didn't get one first was because i was 21, i'm 22 in June so hopefully they'll be gentle with insurance.
The 2.0 is a very slow car, a great car but very slow. I actually couldn't pull away from a new Fiesta & that was just the normal one, had trouble against a MPV from the lights etc etc, so i don't bother anymore lol. I love it tho but would love a turbo even more. I'm going to leave black & get red/gold/dark green or silver.

I spent a few days cleaning mine yesterday, came out today to find multiple bird droppings on it.

What's the 0-60 of the turbo's after they've been chipped.
Good luck selling. Mines been on AutoTrader for almost 2 weeks now and not one call. Mine is 2001, silver, mint (apart from a small scuff on the wing mirror), 2.0l, 79k, 5 door its up for £3995 (started at £4500)and its not shifting 
Hope it sells soon mate, although the car is probably worth that, the amount of 1.8/1.8ts going for £3,000 & under will probably put people off.
You may have to lose some $$$ in the process, i bought mine for £3,000 & will probably sell it for around £2,600/700.