Horrible motorway commute £6,000

[embo182]

Hi folks, help please, don't know which way to go.
40 miles each way through crawling Manchester ring road, can regularly take 90 minutes one way.
I own Scooby WRX (thirsty, don't want to add the miles), Mx5 (noisy exhaust, too much on a hood up commute, but wonderful) which are keepers.

I'm thinking comfy, soothing auto, not too thirsty. £6,000 maximum.

Obvious choice is 320d, just worried about old diesel reliability.
Or go for a medium sized petrol, Civic?
The Civic hybrid looks great, but I've read that their batteries fail after 6 years.

I am open to all suggestions around £6,000 auto.

Cheers.

[embo182]

Hi Mat, good shout on the Fabia, always did think they were good, auto though?

[embo182]

Cheers Mr E, the Boss won't charge my motor up I can guarantee that! Would be great though. 😂🤣

[embo182]

Heistthegaffer, good to hear about the Civic, looking good that, thanks.

[embo182]

Smiljan, that Auris looks good. Cheers.

[embo182]

ZX10NIN, ha ha ha, I do have a bike licence, bike got stolen 20 years ago, never replaced it.....

I do like the 270 Mercedes, looks like a lovely place to be. Thank you.

[embo182]

Thank you for all the valuable advice, especially the superbikes! Going to look at the BMW and the Volvo, a bit twitchy about 8 year old hybrids.
Thank you all. Love this group.
Cheers.
Em.

[embo182]

That's the problem in the Mx5, hood up can't see anything on a mad packed motorway. I'm getting to work exhausted before a 12 hour shift.

[embo182]

Fantastic response Folks, thank you very much everyone. Some excellent ideas there, and it got really funny, made me laugh!
Cheers guys.
That RX 300 looks amazing, real world 40mpg!
Also will look at the c5 diesel.

Right, I'm off to order a pogo stick! Ha ha ha!

[embo182]

Looked at a 320d today, sounded perfect, £6,000, 2010, 184 Bhp, 69,000 miles, 6 bmw service stamps! EVERY PANAL WAS DAMAGED. Not vandalism just driven by Mr/Mrs McGoo. Even the bonnet had a 2ft square section of what looked like wire wool cleaning!! Couldn't believe it with that history.
Possibly a much longer journey tomorrow looking at a 2006 120d sport auto, 7.8 sec, 50 mpg, full history, 50,000 miles at £5,000. We shall see...