Cheap Estate Sleeper?

[adam277]

I've been looking at buying a 2.5/2.8 Estate; as I can't be driving a 1 litre polo about without a bag over my head.
I'm young with no NCD so insurance is quite high for me but I can get quite reasonable insurance as a named driver with the 2.5/2.8. The 3litre is out of my grasp though as I don't want to pay £250 a month.
Ideally looking for a manual as I've never driven a automatic; and from what I hear they aren't quick off the mark? I really want my first car to be a v6.

My main question is should I be concerned about the mileage on some of these? I like this one
http://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/rare-bmw-withe-528i-i...
But 168k seems a lot. Also what would be the best one to get; there are so many variants of the the BMW estates, what one is best i.e fastest.
I've seen 5 series and 3 series estates listed but I have no idea what is best. My budget is about £2000


Edit: Before all the angry replies.
I do have a BMW R1150GS so I do like the brand and touring cars/bikes
I have a Ford Transit 2.5 TDCI so although this will be my first car it wont be my first vehicle.

Edited by adam277 on Monday 2nd March 08:11

[adam277]

I mean straight 6 then.

Edited by adam277 on Monday 2nd March 08:37

[adam277]

Well I'm 23 at the moment I want too start collecting my NCB when I am 25 as it will cost me about £1200 a year to insure a £300 Ford Ka. fk insurance companies.

[adam277]

pits said:

You want to front the policy as well, which is highly illegal and really not worth trying as you wont be the only one who ends up in st.

Well, the policy holder will be driving it at as I will. So It's not illegal. Will he be the main person driving it all the time? How will they know.
As for the 25 thing. Insurance compare sites seem to disagree.

[adam277]

loskie said:

you will be fine you are obviously far cleverer and far better resourced than any insurance company. Do you not think that their investigators use social media nowadays to find out info in result of a claim?
Look at the guys who have wrecked cars on track days then claim a RTA on the roads; they were prosecuted for fraud.

Thank you, I had a feeling I was smarter but now you have confirmed it. I Have a feeling my sentiments are wasted on you guys though.
That being said I was asking about a sleeper car for insurance reasons so I probably deserved it.

I share a van with my Dad and will share a car with him he will be down as the main driver for both. Will he be the actual main driver for both? How do I know. As insurance companies don't have a box for that I feel the obvious choice is to tick the box that lowers my premium. If it makes you feel slightly better I drive my motorbike mainly and I have NCB building up on that.

I'll stop replying to this as I am sure there are many discussions about insurance already; I am not going to be lying on my insurance though lol.
A lot of young people go on there parents insurance btw guys. It's not a massive thing.

Edited by adam277 on Wednesday 4th March 09:40