15-20k miles per year, 30k budget ish
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Looking to change our car, currently got an MG HS as we have been doing our house up etc so sold my RS3 a couple of years ago and bought that on a cheap deal.
Currently a 1 car household which has worked fine, so looking to change the MG to something nicer again this summer as I am bored and miss having some BHPs.
Not really bothered about it being practical as no kids, but do a lot of motorway miles so would like something not too small.
Any thoughts on a car that will hold its value better than others doing 15-20k miles per year and not ruinous running costs? Ideally with a bit of poke too.
Top end budget I’d say around 30-35k
Cheers
Currently a 1 car household which has worked fine, so looking to change the MG to something nicer again this summer as I am bored and miss having some BHPs.
Not really bothered about it being practical as no kids, but do a lot of motorway miles so would like something not too small.
Any thoughts on a car that will hold its value better than others doing 15-20k miles per year and not ruinous running costs? Ideally with a bit of poke too.
Top end budget I’d say around 30-35k
Cheers
At the lower side of your budget you can get a nicely spec'd S3, certainly a step down from an RS3 but with a stage 1 tune they're great little cars and can still give you a comfortable high 30's mpg for the longer motorway jaunts.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403047...
An M4 coupe with most of the toys is another nice place to cover some miles, whilst also being able to give it a good push when you want to.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402276...
A little more left-field but certainly interesting would be an RC-F, bulletproof in terms of reliability, fairly good on depreciation and still can make a nice sound if given a little love.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402126...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403047...
An M4 coupe with most of the toys is another nice place to cover some miles, whilst also being able to give it a good push when you want to.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402276...
A little more left-field but certainly interesting would be an RC-F, bulletproof in terms of reliability, fairly good on depreciation and still can make a nice sound if given a little love.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402126...
Other than the usual M4/M3/C63/C43/S5 etc, some other options...
Giulia Quad
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310092...
V8 F-Type
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312084...
Granturismo
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403227...
S500
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404148...
Some of the stuff that won't depreciate as bad is probably worse on the MPG, and potentially comfort, like older M3's, W204 C63, lotus etc.
Giulia Quad
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310092...
V8 F-Type
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312084...
Granturismo
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403227...
S500
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404148...
Some of the stuff that won't depreciate as bad is probably worse on the MPG, and potentially comfort, like older M3's, W204 C63, lotus etc.
JS2808 said:
Looking to change our car, currently got an MG HS as we have been doing our house up etc so sold my RS3 a couple of years ago and bought that on a cheap deal.
Currently a 1 car household which has worked fine, so looking to change the MG to something nicer again this summer as I am bored and miss having some BHPs.
Not really bothered about it being practical as no kids, but do a lot of motorway miles so would like something not too small.
Any thoughts on a car that will hold its value better than others doing 15-20k miles per year and not ruinous running costs? Ideally with a bit of poke too.
Top end budget I’d say around 30-35k
Cheers
Your annual mileage is always going to be the biggest issue when it comes to depreciation there's no way around it.Currently a 1 car household which has worked fine, so looking to change the MG to something nicer again this summer as I am bored and miss having some BHPs.
Not really bothered about it being practical as no kids, but do a lot of motorway miles so would like something not too small.
Any thoughts on a car that will hold its value better than others doing 15-20k miles per year and not ruinous running costs? Ideally with a bit of poke too.
Top end budget I’d say around 30-35k
Cheers
My pick would be either the Mercedes E400d:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402166...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310122...
Or the diesel S4 whose 3.0dh drivetrain is only bested by the Mercedes above:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403167...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403217...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202402287...
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