It is more than I expected it to be, and Galaxy Grey is very nice.
I'm tired. But, suffice to say, exceeded all expectations so far. Very tractable engine, not at all like I had read (or remembered from the Ro80), great seats, great chassis, even has decent visibility/mirrors. Very pleasant for the motorway.
And I got 27mpg on the first, running in, 184 miles (it only had 17 miles on it; I think it must have been registered in January judging by the tax disc (end december? I can never remember how it works when you get one in the middle of the month), which could go some way to explaining the insanely cheap price).
Looking forward to see how this holds up, but I'm definitely not regretting it yet - and I was wrong about not being able to get a 'better' car than a tidy XR4i (for a given definition of better, in terms of economy, cost over a year, performance and 'fun' - safety doesn't come into it). This is a modern car that actually feels like progress has been made in nearly every area.
Richard