You won't change my mind on thinking they're crap, after all I've had to live with mine for 6 years and if I had enough money to get an uprated box.... I'd bin it tomorrow! They are sloppy long reach boxes with a huge weakness for stripping 3rd gear.
Hope no-one has the trouble I did a few years ago in trying to get a new 3rd gear, there wasn't one available in this country anywhere. My car was off the road for 2 months until I eventually sourced some in Germany and got a mate who lives there to get 2 for me.