I did the same thing a couple of months ago ... picked up an '01 1.3 Feesty Flight from just outside New Deer for £800 , 40k, FSH , taxed & tested until March ,cheap as chips to run ( 45mpg ) and I wont mind if I bounce off the occasional kerb , pothole during winter running back & fore to my work
Have a look through Scot Ads as there are normally quite a few little runarounds in there