RS2 Buying Advice

[Chris_N]

My trusty daily runaround 140k mile BMW E30 3-series Touring is starting to feel a bit tired, so I have been thinking about possible replacements (need an estate for my main car), only this time something a bit more rapid. Then it hit me, an RS2!

Basically I am looking for any advice anyone can give me:

What problems should I look out for?
What I should expect to pay (LHD/RHD)?
Any specialists or good places to find them?
What colour do they come in? (I can picture Blue, Red, Black, Silver but there must be more)
Any good websites to do with them?

All help appreciated.

Chris

[Chris_N]

JeremyC, That's brilliant - thanks for all the information. That should keep me busy for a while to come. Bit of a busy week this week but hoping to start looking at/driving cars next week.

In the meantime I need to dig through my "archives" - better known to my girlfriend as my piles of old junk to see if I've got the issue of Evo you mention.

Chris

[Chris_N]

r13ras said: You may also like to consider MCP Motorsport in Norfolk who import/stock what they call 'depreciation proof' cars including the RS2.

I believe they currently have two, a silver and a blue, both LHD. I drove the silver before Xmas and it's very tight & tidy even with 100k miles. Martin's also a good source of parts info - I've just purchased a set of discs(4)and pads from Berlyn for £315 inc VAT over £1000 less than quoted by my local Audi dealer!

The URL is www.mcp-motorsport.com

I bought a RHD

Thanks for that - I had come across MCP and seen some of the cars they have on the web. A few issues have prevented me visiting them:

- Still undecided whether to go LHD or RHD. Don't mind too much either way but there doesn't seem to be *that much* difference in price in which case I'd probably lean towards RHD.

- Was concerned about high mileage on some of the cars I'm seeing advertised, especially given they are Turbo cars. Should I be concerned or can they take big miles?

- Lastly, finding time to get up to Norfolk! (I'm to the West of London)

Thanks for the reply, I look forward to reporting before too long that I've joined the ranks of RS owning PHers!

Chris