First car, Fiesta? Opinions

[Fraser08]

Coming close to sitting my test and being a car lover I'm already looking at cars within reason. I want to have something different but not ridiculous. My budget is about £3000-3500 which is reasonable for a first car. I've managed to find a fair amount o cracking looking Ford Fiesta Zetec S', the 2005ish model. I love the way it looks and is fairly cheap to insurance being in group 7, which surprised me with it being a 1.6. Just wanting to know what people think if its reliable e.t.c

Thanks

[Fraser08]

Yeh priced insurance and its about £1000ish for the mk6