Thanks for the advice, much appreciate it. Had a feeling the VR was the way to go with it being a weekend car not a daily, just the other half has her sensible head on with the rising price of fuel and the 16v being better on economy etc. But I'm talking her round slowly, just need to find the right one now, that's the next hardest step.
**Found a Highline, in Mulberry 3 miles from me, under 100k and within budget.. Hopefully get chance to look at it this weekend so I'll let you all know**