Originally Posted by AquariousRS

Just check the usual stuff when you buy a second hand car. Rust under arches especially the rear where the arch joins the back of the sill (there is a flat panel which always rots on earlier cars).
If the car has been looked after, then just check the usual tell tale signs of headgasket failing etc.
When driving it test the box through the gears for crunches, rebuild parts are getting expensive and rare, and getting an F28 to work nicley in a Corsa is a bit of an art so fucking synchros up is easily done!

Although mine is a bit higher specced then that, iv pissed on a C63AMG, a Saph on the way to FordFair, 1000/1200 bandit (not sure what it was but it wasnt a 600).

The only thing that has genuinely beat me once moving is my mates K6 GSXR600