Bought it from a dealer
I guess when I saw it I fell for it, wanted another one. Plus I reckon I will get about £200ish for the wheels when I find a good set of replacement standard ones!
The prices do seem very fluctuating though, some sellers on ebay still asking £3k for late gen2 1.6SE??? And this is also a good part of the country for car prices what with the oil I believe.
I bought my first one in Dundee (Met. Blue 2.0SE Auto 1998/S with 46K) back in August 07 for £1450 and that was in similar condition... ran it for 11 months then nicked off driveway and recovered burnt out. Did the older models actually have an alarm/immobiliser, as it clearly didn't work!!!
Ah well at the moment run it and enjoy it, lots of life left in her... love the exhaust note as well, has a powerflow backbox, a nice 450mile trip in her tomorrow too!