Just the kind of thing I was looking for in a reply, I will probably aim for Uk spec as it just seems to be the simpler route, therefore I am less likely to miss something when looking or getting it all sorted.
Thanks to everyone on the replies, especially concerning J17, though I prefer to buy and sell privately as I've never had great luck with any car dealership.
On the massive plus side I've just got in from selling my bike so that's some of my budget ready to go!
Yeah where I had a look through the forum for posts about imports I saw a few of these and electronics in cars are my biggest fear.