welshgirl, we paid the full 8990 but he agreed to renew some of the tyres that were legal but would have needed doing at the next WOF test..

Made the fatal mistake of finding the exact car that the wife and kids had picked over the net.. exact model colour etc..
they had seen a picture of one when I was looking at bighorns and they all said we want that ..whatever it is..
As soon as they saw it, I was screwed.. the salesman knew it too...

Also, I should have gone back the next day on my own and haggled some, but ho hum.. it's a fair price by kiwi standards so.. we're all happy..
We pick it up tomorrow..

I'm still job hunting, have a couple of interviews arranged for this week.. so hopefully something will come of one of them..

I'll let you all know, cheers for now..