I had an R32 that had an induction kit cat back exhaust and a map for 268bhp , it wasnt the comfiest for the 3 of us on any length of journey hence the reason i got rid of but it was a cracking car otherwise. I test drove a GTI when i had the R32 and it wasnt up to much tbh.
On your topic kind of my mrs has just got a corsa 1.4 exclusiv and ive drove it to work the past 2 nights and thought it was great fun to drive maybe you should just drive your mrs car more often saves you getting too used to the scoob all the time. I took the scoob to work tonight and it felt great after not driving it for a few days