Best motorway car?

[cerb4.5lee]

Had three Mondeo's/two Sierra's and three 3 series and also had a 5 series and a 6 series and they have all made great motorway cars, there are just so many cars to choose from.

A Passat/A4/Skoda or similar would hit the spot too.

[csd19]

Axionknight said:

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.

Have another recommendation for a Volvo, amazingly comfortable seats for long motorways schleps, Wales to Aberdeen was no bother in a V70 in one shot

[Riley Blue]

WinstonWolf said:

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

It certainly is - I paid £4650 for a 68,000 mile A8 4.2. Best money I ever spent on a car.

[Patrick Bateman]

Riley Blue said:

It certainly is - I paid £4650 for a 68,000 mile A8 4.2. Best money I ever spent on a car.

How long ago was that? Great value for money on those miles.

Ignoring fuel, are they that expensive to run?

[MrGman]

C6, Simples

[talksthetorque]

If you're putting 25k a year on it then I would be looking at the chance of it throwing up big bills.

A W12/4.2v8 is great if you're doing 500 miles on the Autobahn, but for a UK motorway commute in traffic it would be complete overkill.

I'd suggest a Seat Exeo.
It's an old A4, with A6 front suspension and A4 cabrio dash.
Parts bin special, so they picked all the reliable parts out.
17" wheels, so not to bumpy
Yes, I'm biased because I had one. Ran it to 106k with no faults at all. Just servicing and tyres ( fronts lasted 30k, rears 50k)

You can get a 50k miles 3 year old car from a dealer with leather, nav, cruise and bluetooth for your 8k.


The cupholders are only good for starbucks/costa cups though, metal flask mugs fall over.
( these things become important at 500 miles a week)

Mind you, you sometimes need a bit of complete overkill in your life.......

and that Audi does look good :-)

Edited by talksthetorque on Sunday 14th February 20:42

[glasgowrob]

A nice superb or a mk4.5 Mondeo would be my call

[Jasandjules]

A bit like a broken record, I'd say a Passat... For 500 miles a week a 170 sport for your money....

[Riley Blue]

Patrick Bateman said:

Riley Blue said:

It certainly is - I paid £4650 for a 68,000 mile A8 4.2. Best money I ever spent on a car.

How long ago was that? Great value for money on those miles.

Ignoring fuel, are they that expensive to run?

Almost two years ago. It's an October 2003 car so an early D3 model. Other than routine maintenance, I've spent about a grand on bodywork and a transmission fluid change. A few niggling little thing have needed attention, cost me less than £600 to fix. It does 25mpg on a long run - not so good round town though.

[Patrick Bateman]

Riley Blue said:

Almost two years ago. It's an October 2003 car so an early D3 model. Other than routine maintenance, I've spent about a grand on bodywork and a transmission fluid change. A few niggling little thing have needed attention, cost me less than £600 to fix. It does 25mpg on a long run - not so good round town though.

Hard to complain at that.

I'm led to believe the gearboxes on these don't have the reputation that the D2 had.

[DSLiverpool]

usuallysafedriver said:

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

Def S60 D5 or get the estate - will do 50 mpg as well

[Dan_1981]

I do over 800 miles a week up and down the motorway in this. Done over 110k in 2.5 years.

Returns 55mpg at 75 mph, does about 680 - 700 miles to a tank.

Only big cost I've had was the dpf failing at 170k.

Heated leather, Bose speakers, cruise. Comfortable and quiet. I paid £5750 when I bought it so you should get same age for lots less or much newer for your budget.

[f1nn]

At that budget, I'd suggest an Ecoflex spec CDTI Insignia on the standard 17" wheels.

The most stable and relaxed car I've driven on the motorway in that spec, and capable of 800 miles to a tank.

[minimatan]

Dan_1981 said:

I do over 800 miles a week up and down the motorway in this. Done over 110k in 2.5 years.

Returns 55mpg at 75 mph, does about 680 - 700 miles to a tank.

Only big cost I've had was the dpf failing at 170k.

Heated leather, Bose speakers, cruise. Comfortable and quiet. I paid £5750 when I bought it so you should get same age for lots less or much newer for your budget.

Care to share the model designation and engine type for the uninitiated ?

[Dapster]

In order of importance I'd suggest:

- comfy seats
- comfy seats
- auto
- top quality stereo
- nav (unless your 500 miles is to the same A and B every time)
- cruise
- left foot brace
- toys
- decent fuel consumption
- did I mention comfy seats?

If you can stretch to £9k I'd suggest an XC60 as the extra height would be an advantage in stop start m'way traffic, otherwise it would be something like an S80 or this:





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

[Nath88n]

minimatan said:

Care to share the model designation and engine type for the uninitiated ?

Well it's a Saab 9-3, with the MPG he's getting it must be a diesel.
Looks like it's a non Aero so I'll take a guess at the 1.9 single turbo diesel.

[smashy]

Volvo obviously also s type jag by all accounts re seats..............however I sat in a saab oh boy is all I can say

[Sump]

Ls430 with active cruise control.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lexus-LS430-/19180296514...

Edited by Sump on Sunday 14th February 22:04

[sealtt]

Range Rover... high seating position gives you greater visibility which makes for far more relaxing driving on motorways.

[Willy Nilly]

I used to do 500 miles a week in a Skoda Favorit on top of an average of 62 hours a week work. The drive wasn't an issue. Not sure why any modern car wouldn't manage 90-120 minutes or so a day.