Originally Posted by TrevCos

Yes, I would have preferred a turbo, because the non-turbos are a bit gutless, but they seem very few and far between and the chances of getting a turbo and it not having been knocked about are quite slim, whereas there are absolutely loads of non-turbos to choose from. There is a heck of a lot of crap out there though, basically because they are just bought to do work and people don't care about them. I think I was really lucky with this one. It wasn't cheap but I wanted a decent one.
It was off E-BAY but it was actually a proper car dealer selling it.