Unless it was owned by a real good maintaining owner previous. Yes.
It wasn't my first, but I purchased a 1987 Turbo and it ran perfect, until I VCDS 15.7 stupidly allowed my son to drive it,out of sympathy, because his wife would make him walk to work.

I should have like him walk too!!!! He tore it up. But prior to that I CN900 Mini never had a problem and if you are a tyrant on cars, leave the older cars to someone who can take care of it in it's old age.