is this a fair price?

Seems reasonable. Early V6's are going to be harder to shift though, as they're the least desirable B5's given trim and fuel consumption!
 
Aragorn is right I have one of these in silver and although I love the car to bits you will regret not buying the 1.8t, you can't tune the 2.6 v6 engine much at all and like I said I love it to bits, great car just s**t mpg and all-round expensive to run. Go for the 1.8t mate