My brother had one years ago.

They are kind of rare as I understand they were a pretty basic spec. The SE in the special edition means they left out a lot of stuff that is in the higher models. Im not trying to st on your parade or anything. They are fun cars and less stuff to go wrong on them!

Id be careful with insurance and that air filter though I guess you probably know that.

Congratulations on your first car. You have chosen well. The 1.1 200 series is fairly uncommon - I think the reason is that anybody that wanted a cheap to run/insure version when the cars where new, went for the 1.4 8v model.....which are the same to tax, return about the same mpg, are a fair bit more torquey/powerful yet only marginally more to insure.

I would remove the open cone induction kit (infact, its not really a kit) - it may sound nice, may infact be ok on a cooler engine, but once the engine gets hot, it'll be sucking in all of the hot air.....having a detremental effect on performance.

By the way, I am also a MK1 Fiesta fan :-) I take it you are aswell? My VERY first car was a 1992/J Vauxhall Astra 1.4 (very early MK3) before I past my test. Once I had passsed my driving test I got a 1996/N Rover 214i 8v 5 door in British Racing Green, it was a good little car. I changed it for a 1999/T Rover 214 Si 16v - was absolutely fantastic....more powerful, more equipment, more comfy, but I crashed it.

If you have any questions or need any advice with the Rover feel free to message me.