Having tapped into your collective knowledge base for the last month for guidance and information I have finally been able to make the desired purchase. I bought the silver 1.4tdi SE from Hartlepool yesterday as seen on Gumtree on Saturday from a great guy who was well aware of the forum but not a member. I figure that the task now is to "fettle" after 158k of previous use and try to keep it in good condition. I met with George Hogg on Saturday who helped so much in answering a host of my queries and not only explained differences but showed me from his stable of examples. Thank you George. Let the journey begin ?