What Car for 3-4K?

Maxeh

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Chaps,

I'm looking at getting a new car soon, what would you recommend to suit my criteria...

I do about 300 miles a week, sometimes more, nearly all motorway with the occasional blast round Sussex.
I get my petrol paid for so as long as its not sub 10mpg thats fine :p
Needs to have a fair bit of poke, just a personal preference.

So far I have been looking at A4's (potentially S4's), Omega's, Legacy's, Accord Type R's...

What do you think?
 
Yeah ideally, should have mentioned I carry stuff in the back sometimes.
Would love a 172 but I have the G40 for that on the weekends.
 
Motorway driving then go for 200sx :p

It is lovely and comfortable to drive on the motorway, wouldnt swap it for anything else :)
 
Be brave, find an e38 740i BMW.

Spend £3k on one, keep the other £1k in reserve, just in case, and you'll struggle to find a better motorway mile muncher.

£3k will buy a better e38 7 than an equivalent e39 5 Series imo, hence my choice.

Good job the fuels covered, tyres, servicing etc will be on the high side.

My old e38 was a great Motorway cruiser (and only the 728i) shame I rarely took it on motorways......



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a 740i I've just found....

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Maxeh said:
Yeah ideally, should have mentioned I carry stuff in the back sometimes.
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Just seen that! :D - what sort of "stuff" ? - The e38's boot is huge btw. ;)
 
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Phate said:
Mind doing a bit of self maintenance everynow and again? ZS180.
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Sorry Phate I can't resist.

Does the ZS180 require you to wash yourself before driving, or just at specific intervals? :p

Though I own a Octy vRS (aint no lie!) for motorway driving I really hope there's something more comfortable. Or maybe I just need a tv on the dash. I would expect a big bimm to have a better setup/more expensive/advanced springy bits.
 
Love my ZS 180, but not sure I'd want to do 300 miles a week in it with my lead foot. Might be best looking at something more economical if you're doing nigh on 16,000 a year.
 
Lookin on pistonheads St petrols where 5.5k upwards. They would be good for that sort of mileage i would say. Mondeos feel solid enough,my mate 2.0 tdci 130 is 7 years old and the only thing to go is a wee hole in the exhuaust on the downpipe and he give it stick all the time. Thats on about 110k aswell.
 
Surely an Accord type-r would fit the bill perfectly.

Couple going on a well known auction site recently with pretty low miles (50-60k) , fsh, really good condition / 01 plate or so for £4200 ish. Its only recently the very good condition ones have been anywhere near that figure.
 
Personally I think it sits very nicely at motorway speeds really, but no cruise :(

Fail!

Its just 4k won't buy a very nice ST220, so what are the real genuine alternatives here ?
 
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