Hi there mate and welcome to the site . £3000 budget will get you a sweet vr as prices seem to be quite low just now,as for fuel consumption well ask anyone on here and you will get the same reply " smiles per gallon". It`s the one and only way to describe the best car you will ever own .I have had 2 mk 3 vr6`s and my current is a 4-motion ,but its not the same hence the reason i have just sold it .I should have never got rid of my last one .