I know RitchieST and The Youth(Steve) have/had one of these. Are they any good?

I've noticed you can't get a petrol with a manual box(I wonder why). The 2.2 diesel and 2lt diesel engines come with manual boxes.

I've never had a diesel car so I would be a bit worried about egr/dpf faults.

But as car are they any good. I really like the look of them and I like the mk4 face lift versions with the bigger 19 inch wheels and different bumpers.

Any info would be helpful.