This was a MkIII and my ex-VW dealer mechanic sort of hated it. Sometimes he’d try to refuse pay because he wasn’t sure if he’d fixed something.

It did leave me dead in the water once when a fuel relay was failing intermittently, causing the car to suddenly shut off at speed (weeeeee) but generally it ran well and was fun to drive. They are definitely quirky… I quickly learned to always use OEM only or it would act up.

Edit: twice now that I remember. The clutch cable just snapped one day.