Well, some months after
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I wanted to say to thanks to the group for alerting me to the correct price to pay for an 80's hot hatch i.e. to halve the asking price. And specifically to RichardK for mentioning the Golf GTi.
The #300 I spent on my Golf has easily been the best bang per buck I've had out of a car (and I've had a few). Yes, it failed the MOT last week, but the only major issue was a seized rear caliper (which had ground down the pads, which had ruined the disks). Sorted all that out this weekend, though.
But the build quality is fabulous, it starts first time, every time, and without the rear offside brake locked on, I'm sure it will go like the clappers! *cough*
Now somebody stop me buying a 205 GTi at a similar price to complement it. ;)