Thanks C, good idea but I bit the bullet and paid for new, car booked in to have 3 boxes fitted on Monday so hopefully will be purring along again shortly, I know what you mean about getting rare and reflected in the used prices creeping up, at the end of the day I think they are brilliant cars and worth holding on to as will be collectable one day soon similar to this little cracker...https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1999-honda-nsx-auto-mk1-8EaGV8