My car has been totally unreliable, well, when i first got it, now it is totally reliable and as Damo has said, if i hadnt spent what i have on the getting the car to how i want it, (17k) i would have been much better off, i also have only purchased the right bits for the car, know cutting corners here either.

But, at the end of the day, the cars are quite old now and a fair few have probably been abused somewhere down the line, so as long as you dont think you will never have problems with something or another, you'll be fine.

Oh and i've done 3000 miles in it since i've had it