Quote Originally Posted by Venom
Disappointed that they are shit always thought they looked kind of cool. Would love to see a stanced modded one! Do people mod these or are they too busy fixing/rebuilding?
They are not all bad, they drive well and can be got for nothing now, but mine was the low power model and did 16mpg combined which was aweful. At the time 230bhp in a hot hatch was massive....now ever 520d out there could beat it. The lack of torque show up my driving stills for the lazy slop they are, it just was not for me....

The pros are:
1. Looks good.
2. Good value.
3. Nice bose audio.
4. 4 doors.
5. Later models are "relitivly reliable"

But for me it just wasn't a performance car, but had all the performance car headaches.