Originally Posted by nathansRS

Hmm have to agree; both sadly.

Having said that I am using my 182 as a daily driver, very economical if driven with a light foot and early change ups which is hard once you have experienced the kick @ 5.5k onwards.

Try and get a lowish miles one if you can. The belts service history can be a good bargain point when looking.

The aux belts need doing every 36k which includes a tensioner and roller bearing. Cam belts @ 72k. Both jobs are a bit of a PITA but not as bad as ppl make out. Anyway if either of these need doing (5 years old max for the cambelt if < 72k) then they tend to go for a lot less which could work in your favour.

Bottom line tho - if I wasn't good @ working on cars or didn't have mates that are I personally wouldn't buy one - when things go wrong they are expensive to fix due to the restricted engine bay - need to be able to fix it yourself really.

Hope you get a good one - good luck