I knew the same case:the first owner of my Diesel sold the car 200? and I had to buy it 10X more expensively after 2 intermediaries (but them made no works on the car!).But i wanted this rare car
A friend sealed one MK 2 "L" for 1000? (like new but i didn' t like this colour:i wanted a MK1...Champagne Yellow!). I missed another MK 2 "L" whose salesman wanted at first 3000? before letting it leave for 800?.
Later, I abandoned) my research for a break and i looked for 2 Diesel (sedan or Panorama) which I finally found.
But maybe a day...
PS:sorry for my english