Buy on condition and history. Nothing wrong with steel winged cars (I have one)engines and choices all are personal preference.
Test drive before you buy.
get the extras you want or be prepared to add them later.
You won't be disappointed
good luck with your search.
budget of 25k should get you a nice one.
Yes! But first figure out which engine option suits your preferred style of driving/intended use. Otherwise, the risk is you see the proverbial perfect condition/history example of the 'wrong' car and make a hasty choice.
A friendly dealer will get you behind the wheel of a few different variants. You will quickly know if you are a V8 guy, or prefer the purity of the lighter 4-cylinder cars or the smoothness of a roadster.
Then... start looking for the right example. Plenty of people on here have spent a lot of money trading 'up' the line-up towards the larger engined cars, and a few (like me) started with the big ones and realised they preferred the lighter cars. It's cheaper to start with the one you really want...