Well have been looking at a couple but looked like they had been ragged so will gave them a miss, got my eye on one but asking price seems high for the year but going to contact and see if the price is flexible, the hunt goes on.
I did a 200 mile round trip the other weekend to look at 3 cars, the first one I looked at was newer and more expensive than I wanted to pay but was at a good price for the age, the other two were older and cheaper but were no where near as in as good condition as the first. One of them at a car supermarket place in Hull was an 07 with only 20K miles on the clock. Looking at the car I would question if the mileage was true, the car looked very rough had a couple of big bents on it and the front suspension top mount was the wrong way round on the passenger side, suggesting a bit of a history to the car. I ended up buying the first car in the end.
What I found was that some of the older cars are now at a price where "boy racers" have owned them previously so as you say may have been ragged. If you can stetch your budget or find an older one owner car then it may be in better condition. Look for the tell tale sign of "Nurburgring" stickers on the back window, I spotted a few of them on my hunt.....
