Well the guy was uncontactable today in the end so not a good start as we had planned to do a viewing in the afternoon. I'll consider the next step over the coming weeks. Meanwhile it's been good to connect with the right forum from the start and great to hear everyone making so much sense. Tip on getting a code reading is brilliant, hadn't thought of that. Ouch in terms of the cost

This probably isnt the right one for me, but who knows, I might be joining ye in XF ownership heaven in the new future!!