New car or cars. Need your advise

[chris4555]

So right now I have an X5 M50D. Big best but really fancy something that has more performance and not so large.

I have a budget of around 40k for either 1 or 2 cars. I travel around 200 miles per week at the moment so I don't want anything with less Than 27 real world MPG. The big question is blow all the money on 1 car. Like the merc c63 estate. 4.0v8 twin turbo. Real life 30mpg.

Or do I split. A commuter car and something fun. What would your suggestions be and why.

Ideally if one car it would need to be less that 4 years old. 2 cars, 1 would need to be less than 4, the other can be any age.

I know I'm leaving this open for lots of options, but if it was your money ?

Say for example a Tiguan and an older M5

[steve-5snwi]

The eveyday car would be a Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost Zetec S that would give you 30k to spend on a C63 Coupe on a nice Cayman 3.4 PDK. or Boxster if you want some sun

[chris4555]

Thanks for the reply

I suppose in my head I struggling with having the daily car being the cheapest and potentially a 30k car as a fun car that doesn't move much. Anyone else in this situation ?

I think certainly if I was going for 2 cars I would have the daily as a Leon of some sort. 2-3 years old. The rest on something 450bhp and above. Notthing with crazy low mpg either.

[Shore]

Rover 75 for the daily commute car and a fiat uno for the fun car. Will cost you a couple of hundred each and means you can save your cash and do things you enjoy.

[bearman68]

Shore said:

Rover 75 for the daily commute car and a fiat uno for the fun car. Will cost you a couple of hundred each and means you can save your cash and do things you enjoy.

OP sounds as if he enjoys spending money on cars.

For me a Volvo for the commute (the seats are wonderful), and 15k on a TVR or something a bit bonkers.

[chris4555]

bearman68 said:

OP sounds as if he enjoys spending money on cars.

For me a Volvo for the commute (the seats are wonderful), and 15k on a TVR or something a bit bonkers.

I have never considered anything like a TVR, but will have a look. I dont want something that will be crazy money on maintenance, but hellish fun.

And yes I have around 40K that I want to spend, having 2 small cheap cars wouldn't do it for me at all.

Anyone experience with the M5 v10 ?

[Herbs]

If going for 2 cars, at least make sure one of them is special otherwise you may as well just buy the one.

I'd be looking at something like a Maserati Granturismo, V8 Vantage, 911 around £30k and 10k on a Volvo V40 or similar

[chris4555]

Herbs said:

If going for 2 cars, at least make sure one of them is special otherwise you may as well just buy the one.

I'd be looking at something like a Maserati Granturismo, V8 Vantage, 911 around £30k and 10k on a Volvo V40 or similar

completely agree, one needs to have the wow factor, the other is just to get me to work and home, the odd family day etc

[Setest]

Herbs said:

If going for 2 cars, at least make sure one of them is special otherwise you may as well just buy the one.

I'd be looking at something like a Maserati Granturismo, V8 Vantage, 911 around £30k and 10k on a Volvo V40 or similar

Find myself in a similar position, c63 / GT / vantage, similar budget, no second car requirement though

I haven't done a lot of research just yet, but it seems like for that budget the c63 would be newer with the cheapest servicing costs (if this is a factor for you).

[chris4555]

Been looking lots to be fair.

the bmw m6....WOW. 4.4L v8 twin turbo, they are amazing

thanks