Good luck, should be fine. SE has all the best bits although aircon might be faded by now. 2005 cars are probably at the point where battery & exhaust are at or near the end of their life. Manual is cheaper to service than the CVT.
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TG
Thanks TG.
Car has new exhaust / cat and a recent new battery, so hoping for decent length of service from them. Aircon pumps out some pretty chilly air, but don't generally have much call for it in this part of the world
Would only ever go for a manual gearbox anyway unless someone convinces me that there is a superior / more economical solution with fewer points of failure
No undue gearbox whine / noises anyway which would have been an instant no-no when I was inspecting it....
The steering feel seemed a little odd at first, but have soon gotten used to that and with it delivering 45 - 50 mpg (per trip computer anyway) without too much effort, I'm very happy so far