Looks a sweet car seen it up for sale for a while now,his insurance does seem cheap but he may live in a low risk area and he may have a high excess set to bring the price down he wouldnt have it on a classic insurance as mk3s are not old enough for this type of insurance.MPG wise I would say he is spot on my VR6 would do 22 mpg round town and my 16v about 28 mpg depending how they were driven of course so 35 for a 8v sounds right to me.Looks a sweet car any how I would have had a look if it was a 16v myself...