Thanks for the advice, it has low mileage and is on an 'h', hpi came up fine and the guys assured me theres no rust bar an odd blemish, it has an rsoc tax disc holder so am feeling positive...i just hope everything iv been told to check i dont forget once i get there, like you say im pretty sure ill have a good idea on whether its a gud'n or a bad'n. spoke to compomotive about alloy availability so fingers crossed all goes well tomorrow!