They are fairy thirsty but no worse than a stage 3 cossie really. Get one thats had a rebuild as there will be lots that have been done by the age of the cars.

Imports are fine but they are moe difficult to bring into the uk after 2000 (or there abouts) as they will not be parallel imports at that age. They will be out of your budget anyway.

The key think is proof of a rebuild as 60k is about near the time they will be due one although thats not to say that they wont go on longer.

Its easy to get more power out of them really (just affects the rotor tip life). Get a power FC lose the twin turbo and go for a big single lose the air pumps and fit a front mount and do something with the rad also the bridge porting is an option but depends on how you want the car to drive/respond. The heat is a problem in the engine bay and affects ACT's obviously.

The main thing is proof of a rebuild.

Here's one that a mate picked up for 7200 last year. The bodywork needs looking at but the engine was rebulit 4k ago and its easier to find someone to paint a car than to work on a rotary . Saying that they are not that difficult as not many moving parts internally (just people are not experiecned with them)



They are awesome cars and the way they boost up reminds me of a bike