>> I'm wondering myself Bobby! Buying a new car is never logical is it?
You seem to have looked at the same sort of cars I'm thinking of, but I, too, am unnerved by the possibility of getting a car which has way worse MPG than claimed. My current Merc C270CDi auto will reliably do 50MPG on a run and getting something which struggled to do 35 would kill me. I wouldn't want a manual now.
Wifey is on her 2nd Jazz and I thought the diesel auto CRV would be good but the reviews aren't brilliant and I've heard similar to you about MPG. We had diesel Accords at work and they varied in MPG dramatically.
I'm tempted by X3 although I've never had a BMW before, but the leadtime is at least 6mths and I can't get my head around the idea of ordering a car 6mths+ in advance.
Friend of mine stumbled across a dealer offering hefty discounts on the pre-facelift Freelander and picked up a 2.2 diesel auto for £23K. I was astonished that the normal price for the model he got is £35K! :yikes:
Last edited by: Bill Payer on Sat 30 Apr 11 at 14:33
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