It appears that I need a car that'll do around 40+mpg on a 60 mile round trip, all motorway.
Debating on budget because I don't want anything too nice as it'll get marked in the car park no doubt (and I'm a bit OCD with things like that
) but equally I don't want anything too banger-esque.
So let's set a rough budget of around £5k.
I've ruled out 330ds due to reliability concerns - 330i won't really be all the economical.
That has lead me onto the Leon (not keen on the looks of the Toledo and the VW alternatives offer less value for money). In diesel form it'll do over the required 40mpg and I should be able to pick one up for far less than £5k.
Is there anything out there that I should go for instead?
Quite happy to go for a petrol, providing it won't rape the wallet at the pump. Doesn't have to be particularly fast either.
Debating on budget because I don't want anything too nice as it'll get marked in the car park no doubt (and I'm a bit OCD with things like that

So let's set a rough budget of around £5k.
I've ruled out 330ds due to reliability concerns - 330i won't really be all the economical.
That has lead me onto the Leon (not keen on the looks of the Toledo and the VW alternatives offer less value for money). In diesel form it'll do over the required 40mpg and I should be able to pick one up for far less than £5k.
Is there anything out there that I should go for instead?
Quite happy to go for a petrol, providing it won't rape the wallet at the pump. Doesn't have to be particularly fast either.
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