He's right, the 4 has mandatory front lights.
There is an off position but it's spring loaded and as soon as you start to move the dipped or DRL come on.
Are you saying the Mk4 Jazz headlights are always on when the car is moving? That's definitely different to the Mk3, which has lights controlled by a sensor. I'm sure I've seen Mk4s with DRLs only. Mk3 lighting modes:
Car moving in daylight: front DRLs on, no rear lights. Can manually select sidelights or headlights if required in poor visibility which overrides DRLs and turns on rear lights.
Car moving in rain: dipped headlights and rear lights come on.
Car moving at night: front headlights on (dipped or full beam depending on auto high beam system), rear lights on. Can't turn lights off, spring-loaded switch always returns to auto position.
So the Mk4 is different and is always in night-time mode?