Jasper
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| posted on 23/12/09 at 10:41 AM |
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530d BMW:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1386718.htm
30mpg, goes, stops and handles lovely, all the usual equipment and build quality, but not particularly cheap to fix.
Then spend another £400 on getting it chipped 
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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Liam
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| posted on 23/12/09 at 10:48 AM |
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Similar category to the Alfa 164 suggestion. Totally biased but i love my 98 vauxhall omega 3.0 elite All the toys, very comfortable, nice
stereo, fast enough, RWD with turn-offable traction control - has been lots of fun in this weather! Great build quality and fine to work on with a
fantastic online community of total gurus/walking part number catalogues/owners of the vaux diagnostic equipment etc to support it. I averaged 37mpg
last weekend on a 180 mile cruise up to lancaster, which is about the best it can get, and it does low to mid 20s at worst with pure urban traffic jam
driving. I think you'd struggle to spend your budget though, even on the very latest 3.2 ones (which dont look as good as the pre-facelift ones
like what I've got imho). Can't go wrong
Liam
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morcus
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| posted on 23/12/09 at 01:41 PM |
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I've never owned one but I do like the Omega and those MPG figures are amazing (I can drive my panda hard enough to go lower than mid 20's
and I don't get much more than 40 most of the time). You could buy one and buy the bits off the net to turn it into a Catera (I wanted to do
this but insurance was an issue) to be a real pimp.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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