Well just bought the mk2 she`s a cracker there are only a couple of minor dings on the sides of the car, no rust anwhere apart from wiper blank usual mk2 places all spot on and no sign at all of a respray in the past,underside nice and clean no underseal been scraped off the jacking points to allow the dreaded tin worm in,alloys are sound just a few small scuffs around the edges no oxidisation at all even has the black bolt covers still in place,no squeaks from the interior at all and drives really sweet.Does sound funny though when you got to buy a "new" car that has 178k on it..Was a lot better than I imagined so thanks again chaps for your input paid £1100 for her in the end..