You need to drive one and make up your own mind mate.
In the grand scheme of things, they are utter wank
But for 1500-2000 you can get a pretty good condition vts, handling is pretty good standard, not too slow, fun to drive, and there not that unreliable, and wont cost too much to run/insure, and if it goes tits up, you can get a full engine/box for 300quid, and the rest of the parts are shit cheap