Been an intresting read this thread. The problems people have had seem just general probs that everyone has experienced at some point. As someone said earlier these are performance cars which have then been 'tweaked' by us so are running more power than they were originally built for and your gonna put more stress on parts that wernt intended to take so much.
Me personally have been through 2 clutches, a gearbox and countless MAF sensors and had plenty of boost leaks in nearly 4 years of ownership.
Its not brilliantly made, its uncomfatble, noisy, rattly, in yellow (which I have) the paint fades badly and its rubbish at fuel economy.
However having said that I wouldnt change it for the world, it still makes me smile driving it and, Ive let friends have a go in it before whilst standing outside and, when you hear you own car from outside being given some beans you can really appreciate it, sounds a lot better than you think and looks great.
Not that im trying to convince anyone to sell/buy one, I just thought I'd wack my 2pence in too.