[750hp]

Mark - if you're allowed to do donuts in your work carpark, I want to work there too !

Good luck with your research. I'd personally go for a 1 or 2 year old car, and let the original owner take the hit pricewise. Then you get a good car with (hopefully) the bugs sorted out, and all for less money. Some people never like hearing their car referred to as "Jim's old car", so they'd prefer to spend the extra to be the first owner. Horses for courses, I suppose...

Welcome aboard.