When I bought my car it was in the UK and the man who brought it across from France only kept it a short while before I bought it from him. Unfortunatelly for me he had decided to respray it! Unfortunately it left the car with large areas of ‘orange peel’ and the work involved to polish it out has been exhausting to say the least. That sounds like a good idea with the seats – I am 6′ 2″ and find that I am rather close to the pedals.
All the best
Paul
Paul Barnard