Cheapish 90, what to look for

Looking to buy a cheapish 90, dont want a total scrapper but something tidy...ish, looking to do a bit of green laning and some pay and play, I guess I would prefer to drop on something relitivaly standard at the moment, so I can mod it how I want, undecided on either a pick up or hard top, looking at things obviously a 300tdi would be better, but in my price range ie under £3k it looks to be 200tdi or 2.5 turbo diesel.
So any buying tips appreciated.
Regards
Mark

b4 anyone else says it...


use the search button at the top this qs gets asked as much as the "whats the biggest tyres i can fit"

theres shed loads of info on ere