thats a shitter of a situation mate!! thank goodness you managed to run into a top cop!! the only daily i can think off is a dude from tafe selling his 2001 hyundai not sure what kind it is but its a tini bit bigger than an excel.. 150,000 kms and he wants 4,500 for it... but we all know hyundais are shitters and not worth touching with a ten foot barge pole. maybe try find yourself a low kms r31 altho noth the best on fuel... pulsar??
anyway good luck dude and if you can try get victums of crime compensation.