As far as I'm aware the car has a cat but no DPF as for an EGR I couldn't say.Fortunately for this trip I was merely chauffeur to get them there and if she bought it[which of course she did] to act as route planner/lead car to get home again avoiding motorways so she could drive it.
Well she bought it. '03 plate 5door MkIV Golf 1.9 with the PD100 engine.200,000mls MoT history was good with not only any fail points put right but any advisories too. A good fistful of receipts for parts/fitting seems to show it's been well looked after mechanically and it had a new clutch+DMF in May.Bodywork a bit battle scarred but the sellers wife tended to use the touch method of parking.Was it a good buy @£750[with a full test]? time will tell I suppose,fingers crossed for her.
My eldest daughter and her husband moved to Brampton Bierlow shortly before they married in '97 and now along with their two daughters they live there still.
I believe the MGC can be made to handle a lot better than it did[you'd be hard pressed to make it handle worse ] Drove a showroom[unregistered]example "B" in '82.Awful thing as I recall and definitely not for me.Liked the Stag I had a go in in the same year,could be a contender especially as it's well documented engine issues have long since been sorted out.