Still can't get "want a different car" out of my head but at least I'm being vaguely sensible and not buying the first thing I see :-)
I'm now looking (still) at E46 3-series coupes, and lately at Mercedes CLKs.
There seem to be too many CLKs out there at small dealers, not sure I'd trust those. I know a main dealer isn't necessarily any guarantee of quality, but but looking on the MB used car search, £11k seems to be the bottom end for an approved used CLK, there's two listed near me (Birmingham) at £11k for a CLK 320 with 90k or a CLK 200 with 50k.
Usual thing really, after any thoughts/opinions on the CLK beyond what you find on Google and Parkers etc.. constructive would be useful rather than "I don't like it because it's a Merc" sort of stuff ;-)
cheers, Paul