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Raymond Lin said:
Fair enough. I am just thinking that the last thing you want is to resent the decision to take the job because of the commute so anything to make it easier the better.
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The quality and comfort of the commute doesn't concern me that much in complete honesty. On the motorway you are paying so much attention to your surrounsings, that you don't notice the noise level or the lack of creature comforts that much. As long as it is a comfortable temperature and it has a radio with travel news, that will do as far as I'm concerned. :)

It is the time which I am worried about. I just want to be at home when I drive home. Thats all I want. Maybe a heated massage seat, classic FM, a smooth ride, and complete silence would make the journey more relaxing, but I'm still just going to wish I'm at home. :)
 
35k in a polo? There are plenty of comfortable barges that can be had for £3k. You seem set on Polo though. Odd car to be hung up on though if I'm honest.
 
I am under no illusion that the Polo is a sensible car to drive 35,000 miles a year in, don't worry about that. I know that doing that sort of mileage in a supermini is ludicrous, and many peoples idea of hell, but my primary concern is getting a very fuel efficient car which is cheap, and relatively nippy. Something that a 160HP Polo, diesel or not, will be. :)

I also just want one, because I have this weird obsession with VW Polo's that even I don't quite understand... But as long as I know that, it isn't a problem. :p
 
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Acme said:
The quality and comfort of the commute doesn't concern me that much in complete honesty. On the motorway you are paying so much attention to your surrounsings, that you don't notice the noise level or the lack of creature comforts that much. As long as it is a comfortable temperature and it has a radio with travel news, that will do as far as I'm concerned. :)

It is the time which I am worried about. I just want to be at home when I drive home. Thats all I want. Maybe a heated massage seat, classic FM, a smooth ride, and complete silence would make the journey more relaxing, but I'm still just going to wish I'm at home. :)
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2 months ago I would agree with you. Now after about 900miles in the Volvo however, not so much.

I had to drive through Easter Holiday traffic from Gatwick into Richmond then out of London to Hereford from the hours of 4pm to 10pm. The Volvo made the journey so much more pleasant. I have done the same journey before in my Yaris a few times, the c30 made it much more pleasant, even in the M25 start stop traffic.
 
Have you ever driven a Mondeo sized car on a long journey? If you have, I'm struggling to see how you didn't find it vastly better than a Polo :p

Take it from someone who was doing 120 miles per day up until recently - having a decent sized car really makes a huge difference. I swapped my Jag for a modern Fabia estate for a week and every day arrived home aching, irritated and stressed. And that was still probably better than a Polo would be.
 
M25 stop-start is hell in the Corolla, because the clutch is as stiff as I-don't-know-what. My leg aches in no time.

geekman said:
Have you ever driven a Mondeo sized car on a long journey? If you have, I'm struggling to see how you didn't find it vastly better than a Polo :p

Take it from someone who was doing 120 miles per day up until recently - having a decent sized car really makes a huge difference. I swapped my Jag for a modern Fabia estate for a week and every day arrived home aching, irritated and stressed. And that was still probably better than a Polo would be.
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I have driven a few larger cars, but not on a long journey no.

I'll look into larger cars a bit more following this to and fro. But at the moment I'm struggling to see past the beautiful pull of 70MPG being displayed on the fuel economy read-out. :D

Take an A6 and a Polo with the exact same engine, the A6 will do 50MPG, the Polo will do 70MPG.
 
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You can get that same engine in loads of vag cars as you no doubt know.. golf mk4, octavia, leon etc etc. I always had a thing for the polo gt but as you say its pretty rare these days where the other pd130 cars aint.
 
I wonder if thrashing a little polo at 70+ mph all the time is actually more fuel efficient that a larger engined barge anyway?

At £3k it looks like you're getting a 10 year polo (wow they hold their price!). For that same money and same age there can be had:

Jag S Type 2.7 V6 Diesel with FSH and full leather, that would probably be top of my list.
Volvo S60 2.5 D5.
Saab 9-5 Tid.

Sooo much nicer sat in a car like that for so long!
 
I would be driving at about 70~ anyway, possibly under. But no slower than about 65.

70~ can hardly be considered thrashing a car anyway can it.

The Volvo L5 and Jaguar V6 will offer barely any economy improvement over what I already have. :p

Thanks for reminding me that Saab's exist, I'll have another look into the efficiency of the TTiD engines.
 
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Acme said:
I would be driving at about 70~ anyway, possibly under. But no slower than about 65.

70~ can hardly be considered thrashing a car anyway can it.

The Volvo L5 and Jaguar V6 will offer barely any economy improvement over what I already have. :p
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But your back and sanity will thank you :p
 
Surely 70mph in any mini car is thrashing it? :p what are the engine options? I only see 1.4 diesel offerings at sub 80bhp? Getting up to speed on the motorway.... :(

The three barges I listed claim high 40s for mpg on a motorway journey with the saab being best out of them all. I've no doubt there will be someone along with even better fuel efficient but comfortable rides soon. Mine were just ones that popped up on a quick browse.
 
RoboCod said:
Just looking over the figures, 70 mpg would appear to be quite optimistic.
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I don't think it is personally, but then again I haven't tried to drive one for economy yet. Plenty of reports of 70MPG+ when the drivers try to drive economically though. :)
 
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