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Personally I would get as new as possible depending how much you are will to spend.
Bugs keep getting worked out each year, so the later model the better. In fact, take a look at a new '04. Huge discounts and 0% financing can bring them into a lot more budgets then you would think. In fact, that is what I did. I pick up an '04 CE Conv about a month ago.