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Dramatic_Hammer-
Sorry just coming back to this, spoke to a couple of mates who have them (the ones I've driven) and they've said there's not much to go wrong with them.
Standard used car checks, service history and at the right intervals, decent quality tyres and matching brand are usually indicative of a caring and sympathetic owner. Only thing to think about is at the older end, they're starting to get into worn bush territory so worth checking it's not crashy or vague steering on a test drive.
NurseHolliday
GT86 is the better choice from a reliability and modern features standpoint I think. They're such a fantastic car to drive and it's a great combination of old school feel in fairly modern packaging. The top trumps bores will moan about the Torsen diff versus a proper LSD but it's absolutely fine 95% of the time. It'll lap a roundabout all day long if you know what you're doing, lay 11s and even do a burnout, so unless you're chasing laptimes at the track every month you don't need one.