Cheers for the input all.....If I get one in the summer it isn't purely for investment....I will use it. I don't tend to do too many miles a year so won't rack up the miles.
Just looking around at the prices though, I'd be looking at 30 to 40k miles around the £20k mark, do they sell at that sort of price?
I agree Gary Jones a lot of cars you see are modified and abused, and as more of them get used daily the numbers will decline, just look at how Pug 205 GTI's are rising in value, and they were built in massive numbers compared to the mk2 RS.
A quick search on 'howmanyleft' shows at Quarter 4 2015 4,496 on the road (plus 870 sorned) but that includes Approx 1710 ( plus143 Sorn) Mk1 RS. That means approx 3513 Mk 2 RS still around, not massive numbers, as a few have said....some will rot away, some will I'm sure be written off , and a lot will be modified.

Don't get me wrong I know it will take a long time, so I won't hold my breath LOL. The price of good Escort Cossies and door Sierra Cossies has sky rocketed over the last 5 years pricing mere mortals out of the game, so people look further down the food chain for a more affordable fix. I've seen it with Minis....Cooper S's are silly money now...Coopers have gone the same and now the less charismatic 1275GT is rising fast.

So maybe one day the Mk2 will rise.......a little!
Ta for all your thoughts