What's the most suitable car

[Welshbeef]

Here is the brief
1. Circa15k miles a year
2. Total car ownership cost needs to be under £615pcm
3. Reliable
4. fast
5. Some form of practicality
6. Desirable.


A 20mpg car costs £400pcm on fuel
A 50mpg diesel costs £160pcm

The reason for the £615pcm is this is the value I ran my 330d for 3 years total car ownership cost and so far this is very similar cost to running an RS6 C5 (though nothing has broken yet nor any servicing/consumables).

Looking at the 135i BMW cheap lease deal car and fuel is £560pcm and I'd guess ins £40p taking it up to £600pcm all in.


Its an interesting challenge/quandary

[Welshbeef]

Bump

[Welshbeef]

swerni said:

944?

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[Matt 211988]

hatch back impreza sti?

300bhp
4wd
hatch back gives plenty of space with seats down if needed
lovely looking
sound awesome
lovely interior

thats my next car...

[wemorgan]

Welshbeef said:

4. fast
5. Some form of practicality

How fast and how practical must it be? Are we talking 300bhp estate category?
For £600/month I imagine that 80% of the cars are available to you.

[Welshbeef]

wemorgan said:

Welshbeef said:

4. fast
5. Some form of practicality

How fast and how practical must it be? Are we talking 300bhp estate category?
For £600/month I imagine that 80% of the cars are available to you.

Over 300bhp or under 6 ideally under 5 seconds to 60. Practicality well I'm 6'2" and needs to fit the golf clubs in the boot and shopping. Am thinking the wife to get an estate instead

[Welshbeef]

Would an E46 M3 fit the bill?

[Welshbeef]

Suggestions by PH so far

944
Impreza hatchback.

[Welshbeef]

Hardly any suggestions for PH? Possibly too hard a quandary

[wemorgan]

Welshbeef said:

Hardly any suggestions for PH? Possibly too hard a quandary

Possibly too open I'd say.

Random suggestion: Merc S55

What you'll save on depreciation you'll spend on fuel.

http://www.mercland.com/model/1337-details-2002(02...

[Matt UK]

Are you moving the RS6 on already?

[Welshbeef]

Matt UK said:

Are you moving the RS6 on already?

Not sure but its a possibility am considering a switch so that the wife get the bigger car and me less so (change of circumstance - another little one on the way).

[Matt UK]

Welshbeef said:

Matt UK said:

Are you moving the RS6 on already?

Not sure but its a possibility am considering a switch so that the wife get the bigger car and me less so (change of circumstance - another little one on the way).

Well congratulations.

Best thing I ever did was get the wife into a kid friendly MPV. Shes happy with the practicality and I'm happy with the running costs.

But most importantly it means there are now zero limitations on what I can run as a daily - hoorah!

[Welshbeef]

Matt UK said:

Welshbeef said:

Matt UK said:

Are you moving the RS6 on already?

Not sure but its a possibility am considering a switch so that the wife get the bigger car and me less so (change of circumstance - another little one on the way).

Well congratulations.

Best thing I ever did was get the wife into a kid friendly MPV. Shes happy with the practicality and I'm happy with the running costs.

But most importantly it means there are now zero limitations on what I can run as a daily - hoorah!

Thanks - have been viewing S Max/XC90's etc for the wife and also Passat estates trying to gauge what is most suitable but it does mean that the car I use can now be really for me most of the time but still don't want silly total car ownership costs but need fast.