flango
Hardcore MB Enthusiast
Just mulling over what to do with cars next year as I have decided the Volvo is definitely going a 1.6 diesel was never my thing 
It's been a great car though 60k in 2 years and never a murmur saved me a fortune so its time to spend that on a decent car so here is my line of thinking.
My employer from next year will pay a generous monthly allowance if I do not take the company car option. My daily commute is around 80 miles per day 90% motorway my average miles 30,000 / year, employer also pays HMRC rates for business mileage of which I will do < 2000 / year. So I am thinking of selling the Volvo taking the cash in lieu of company car (first year I can have as a lump sum) so with the proceeds from those + saving from the Volvo I'm thinking of doing what I used to and putting something exotic in the garage for weekends, maybe a Noble, Masser, Porsche or similar. (Will still be keeping the W208 though)
However doing this means I will need a daily hack for my commute to work, this car must be bullet proof, not bothered about age (but preferably not over 10 years old) as long as it can handle the mileage, I would need to keep it 3 years.
So what does the panel think would be a good car? Please consider all manufacturers if you would not just MB although I realise several MB's may fit the bill.
My requirements below.
Cheers
Ian
It's been a great car though 60k in 2 years and never a murmur saved me a fortune so its time to spend that on a decent car so here is my line of thinking.My employer from next year will pay a generous monthly allowance if I do not take the company car option. My daily commute is around 80 miles per day 90% motorway my average miles 30,000 / year, employer also pays HMRC rates for business mileage of which I will do < 2000 / year. So I am thinking of selling the Volvo taking the cash in lieu of company car (first year I can have as a lump sum) so with the proceeds from those + saving from the Volvo I'm thinking of doing what I used to and putting something exotic in the garage for weekends, maybe a Noble, Masser, Porsche or similar. (Will still be keeping the W208 though)
However doing this means I will need a daily hack for my commute to work, this car must be bullet proof, not bothered about age (but preferably not over 10 years old) as long as it can handle the mileage, I would need to keep it 3 years.
So what does the panel think would be a good car? Please consider all manufacturers if you would not just MB although I realise several MB's may fit the bill.
My requirements below.
- Must be able to cover 30k year reliably (90k over 3 years)
- Don't want to spend more than £4k
- Must be an "Exec" or "Exec Sports"
- Not Diesel
- Must do at least 25mpg (Combined) my commute 90% Motorway
Cheers
Ian
so I think it's time to go 
+ in 3 years time it would have 150k on it and not sure it could take that an it would also be worthless, It wont be an easy sell for a 2 & 1/2 year old car with over 60K on it anyway. Only redeeming feature for someone is £35 road tax and 60+mpg + full History with oil changes at half the recommended interval
