This is the one I bought in yesterday for £1200 -
They are an obscene amount of car for their money.
If the A3 does sell when Marty gets his payout then depending what's around I will be very tempted with one. I've had an itch for an RX8 ever since I started working for Mazda, and it hasn't gone away yet.
The smartest way to do it is to buy one with compression issues. A nice 231 with a blown engine is £5/600, a rebuild with bridgeporting and a two year warranty, supplied and fitted is £1800.
So for sub 3K you've got a four door sports car with a two year engine warranty, 260bhp, a superb chassis, full leather, bose 11 speaker sound system, sat nav, bluetooth, heated seats etc etc etc.
People are just scared of doing it I think, it's a lot of hassle and investment for a 10 year old car that does 20mpg and costs over £400 a year to tax.