Felt Compulsion 1 (08)

Callum on a felt f4:-)

I have found a good deal on one of these and was wonderin about peoples experiances with them.
I am a cross country rider but am hoping to try my hand at downhill which my dying marin hawk hill has not allowed me to do.
Any thoughts on it?
its at the top of my price range at around £1500 so any other suggestions prefereably below would be wellcome.

Whytepeak

http://paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b1s1p1441

would go for this over the felt - which had some geometry issues I think