Best motorway car?

[usuallysafedriver]

Will be looking to buy a second hand motor soon. I do over 500 miles a week down the motorway, Any recommendations for a decent car that eats the motorway miles?

[edo]

Budget?

[Jakdaw]

usuallysafedriver said:

Will be looking to buy a second hand motor soon. I do over 500 miles a week down the motorway, Any recommendations for a decent car that eats the motorway miles?

A Maybach S600 would be ideal for this.

(Some other constraints, perhaps?)

[usuallysafedriver]

Sorry £6000-7000, but could stretch a little further if needs be.

[Theophany]

Define best for us. Economy at motorway speeds? Quality of ride? Comfort over extended journeys? Fuel tank size? How fast it chews rubber? etc etc

[ewenm]

Any big wafty barge. From sub-£1k upwards

[alex290568]

I have one of these, I've done 150,000 in it and still enjoy driving it

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[edo]

Job jobbed.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[usuallysafedriver]

Theophany said:

Define best for us. Economy at motorway speeds? Quality of ride? Comfort over extended journeys? Fuel tank size? How fast it chews rubber? etc etc

Nice ride and comfort, large tank but fairly good economy. I've conceded that probably have to change tires twice a year.

[Patrick Bateman]

S60 D5?

I keep hearing Volvo seats are second to none.

[Hooli]

Jag XJ

[vtecyo]

Lexus GS in non sport spec?

[WinstonWolf]

edo said:

Job jobbed.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Get the 4.2

The A8 is a lovely place to be on a motorway

[Trophy Husband]

A good friend of mine had one of these for a few years on a 54 plate. It was fantastic in every way. He could knock on the door of 30mpg's on a run. Every imaginable thing you could need in a car.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/a...

[anonymous-user]

Volvo S60 or S80 D5. Great seats, brilliant stereo, good economy, reliable and no real massively expensive faults. The S80 in particular is excellent for long distance runs, just make sure you get SE / SE Lux spec with 17" wheels.

You should be able to get a decent one with sensible miles and great history for £6-£7k. You'll get a far younger and lower mileage example for your money than with a BMW/Audi/Merc due to them being deeply unfashionable and having no chav prestige like a cheap old German car.

Edited by dme123 on Friday 12th February 16:21

[andy-xr]

If its commuting, buy cheap and many times

If it's a work car/car allowance, get something diesel and comfy, Volvos are generally good at this price point. I've done both of the above, the commuting cars included a Pug 307, a Rover 25, a 206, a Mondeo. Work cars have included a 5 series, 3 series, Vectra, Passat...standard rep mobile stuff

The most comfy car I've had I think was an S Type, it's a close call between that and an S60. The S60 seemed to have a few tweaks here and there on the seat that I never got quite right. I suffer a bit of back pain driving if I'm not comfrtable and mostly it's to do with the seat bottom being too far up or down at the front. Fix that and generally everything else is fine

[thebraketester]

5 series with fat tyres (16" wheels)

[Axionknight]

Patrick Bateman said:

S60 D5?

I keep hearing Volvo seats are second to none.

Yep, inclined to agree, we ran a V70 D5 as a work horse/van and it was excellent.

Would 100% recommend.

[va1o]

Anything with an Automatic Gearbox and Adaptive Cruise Control, makes the commute so much less tedious.

[Shiv_P]

Skoda Superb is a cracking cruiser