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awlp16

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Afternoon all

House move almost complete, my commute is going from a 10 minute walk, to a 60 mile round trip, so unfortunately, the 370z has to go. Wallet over heart moment...

The criteria is something with a bit of poke, comfortable(ish), no less than 30mpg, no older than 2010, around £10k and more than 2 seats.

My current list is:

- Seat Leon mk3 2.0 TDI FR
- R56 Mini Cooper S

... that's as far is I've got. It's going to be a commute hack, but something that's still a fairly nice drive, and place to be. Fingers crossed there'll be something living in the garage to play with.

I'm discounting any Clios. Apparently if I buy another Renaultsport, there's going to be an intervention after already owning 4, and I "think" the Megane might be a bit too thirsty.

Any other ideas? Or any input on either of the above 2?

Cheers!

Edited by awlp16 on Friday 27th July 14:34

keith333

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Mini Cooper S R56 will struggle to do more than 30mpg. Obviously depends how you drive it, but they're such fine cars its hard to drive them gently.

BMW 420i, practical, yet sporty with it. Touch more than your £10k. You could get an older three series.

F10BMW

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530d auto - comfy, 50mpg, bucket loads of torque.

awlp16

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keith333 said:
Mini Cooper S R56 will struggle to do more than 30mpg. Obviously depends how you drive it, but they're such fine cars its hard to drive them gently.

BMW 420i, practical, yet sporty with it. Touch more than your £10k. You could get an older three series.
Ah I thought they did, did some research on real world MPG, but good to know.

Yeah, 420 a bit too much, there are a few 3's around though. I'll take a look.

F10BMW said:
530d auto - comfy, 50mpg, bucket loads of torque.
Non in my price range for my criteria, a bit bigger than I want as well.

cerb4.5lee

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You can get a 330d or 328i in your budget/age criteria. Not the most exciting things to drive admitted but they would both make a very nice commuter car, also both will do over 30mpg comfortably.

awlp16

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ZX10R NIN said:
The Megane will see you past 30mpg with ease I'd say 35mpg if it's a flowing commute with this in mind after the Megane RS any of theses are worthy of a test drive.


All are great options.
Cheers for the reply, definitely some to take a look at there.

MrGTI6

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Perhaps the new-shape (2015-ish) Mini Cooper SD?

I drove one recently and was very impressed. 170bhp diesel engine in a small car, so very poky. Tidy handling, very impressive MPG, and about £20 a year in road tax!

There are a few 2015 cars around for ~£10k with reasonable mileage.

Just an example: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

That one has done 73k (more than most) but looks to be absolutely loaded with kit for £10,250. It's been for sale for nearly two weeks, so I'm sure a haggle would get it down to £10k.

Edited by MrGTI6 on Monday 30th July 09:54

The Cardinal

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Fuel economy will make a modest difference to overall costs, but is only one consideration. Depreciation should be contained on most 5+ year £10k purchases, but a mechanically unlucky purchase or choice of model could be bigger costs. The difference between 30 or 40mpg will be around £600 a year at your annual commuting mileage of an assumed 14k (300 miles x 47 weeks, to allow for holidays).

I bought a 2013 R56 Mini Cooper S with a nice spec for around £10k earlier this year, from a franchised dealer.

I guess it depends on how you drive it, but I've averaged no less than (a brim-to-brim measured) 40+mpg. That's from a mix of local errands and then much longer motorway cruises. It's a very decent car and ideal for making boring drives more entertaining.

The above suggestion of an F56 Cooper SD also sounds good, assuming you can find one at the price. Anecdotally, the prices of Cooper SDs of both R56 and F56 models have come down a fair bit compared to petrol models.
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