I like them and had a 1.3 rallye for 2 weeks before wrecking it, best 2 weeks behind a wheel ever..
I also used a £200 1.4xsi as a runner for a year and it was awesome... So good I got another a few years later and it was a total a-hole, mostly due to its herpes paint and alarm..
I love the styling of these over the gti, the xsi 1.6 was basically the gti anyway...