Morning Jazz, thanks for the reply! I was away so sorry for late reply, Its been at the garage for about a week now, mechanic is working on it when he has time (he's a friend so no rush as I have my other car) so far no problems just getting it MOT'd then give it a nice big service and new underseal as it hasn't been loved in some time! There may be some more expenses but for the price I paid (Under 2k) I would not be to hurt if some further cost incurred
Yes they are really cool cars, the model we have looks very mean, especially from the front with the scoop! If you try to find them for sale online (ebay,auto trader) good luck there isn't any, last one I saw was 2.0 XT green with the silver bottom trim, 100+k miles and they were asking £2500.
Further to this, last year I went to see one which was in silver 126k miles gentleman was asking £2650, long story but wasn't for me and that sold the next day.
Do you underseal yours this is meant to stop the rust??