i bought a 02 RS last year in nov and it was totally feckd! i was not a happy chappy the car was fine on the test drive etc, but problems started appearing had to have new turbo n head, sum1 had fekd bout wi it snapped bolts in head etc, dodgey ait filter feckd turbo, sum crap garage in london fitted a wheel bearing wrong and it had wrecked the hub itself. its cos me about 4k to put all the problems rite.

only thing iwould say is if you no what ure doing then make sure you check EVERYTHING n dont worry bout what the seller tells u or how hes looking at u ure buying do what u want. if not maybe take AA or RAC? or a decent mechanic, my rs is awsome nw its all fixd no traction control tho