Only bad things about theses cars are the brakes and the fuel they drink i had a 2004 one from a few months old till it was three years old never missed a beat and they fly along. Wheels can be a pain and mine seemed quite heavy on tyres but its a heavy car and i put the sport contacts on that Ford fit from new so there quite soft anyway! Check bottoms of doors for rust water sits in the seals there and listen for any wind noise seem to suffer with that to