Looking for a bit of inspiration on what next
Looking for a bit of inspiration on what next
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EB89

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803 posts

208 months

Saturday 12th August 2017
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I currently have a 2005 BMW 120D Sport with 173k on the clock.
I bought it off a relative as a stop gap - I was piling on the miles on a lease car and decided to buy this instead of spending thousands on excess mileage charges.

Anyway, the lease car is long gone and I'm bored with the 120D, wandered if anyone had any ideas...

Must average approx 38mpg upwards (Company fuel card)
Needs to be aprox 8 seconds and under to 60
Need good spec and gadgets, really keen to have a upgraded stereo (So Bose, Sony, Dynaudio, B&O etc would do nicely)
Needs to have full leather and at least four seats.

Currently quite keen on the Mazda 3's - £4k gets a 10 plate with full leather, bose, cruise bluetooth, steering wheel controls etc
At the other end of the spectrum I like the E320cdi's but these are considerably older and miley, which in my experiences usually results in higher running costs.

Budget of £5k

markirl

334 posts

154 months

Sunday 13th August 2017
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I found an 09 Mazda 3 a bit underwhelming coming from a BMW a few years back. What sort of driving do you do mostly?