why waste a grand
any old ford will be shit at a grand be it xr2 frst rst or a 3i
from my view it seems you have a car and its ecconomical so do you need to buy a low end different car just to pay 2x tax 2x insurance and all the other tosh
i woudl buy that cabbie cos its looks great for a grand and i would if it was local but i just store em away then sell em years later
i'd buy a new tv (if you need one) and bank the rest or bank it all and buy something later if it poppes up, crosser or summet