Recommendations for a luxury car

Flying-High_2

bigjl wrote: »

Can't remember off hand, they only stay on the web for about a day before they are sold, normally to a Private Hire Deriver as they can be sold ready to work, I think they may be either Classic or Executive spec, a lot of executive private hire re the E220cdi in executive spec, but in the general market this model seems rare.

They have leather, climate, auto gearbox and the most economical engine, for justover £10k, ready to go to work then they are a bargain, in London they get two MOT's a year and an annual inspection by TFL. Addision Lee are well known for servicing their vehicles above and beyond the minimum needed by the warranty.

Cheaper than a lot on the trader with higher mileage.. I've added the link to favs to see If any more come up and what model it is i,e avantgaurde.

An E class 220Cdi should be good for 40mpg I'd imagine maybe more?.. A 270Cdi MLs avergaing 26/27mpg

sunshinetours

Nice but how about one like this with a V8 . That was probably £60k+ new I would guess. Huge legroom in the back as long wheel base version

Different league with respect to the S class Jag owners

bigjl

They are a good price, especially when you consider that they are in very good condition considering the mileage, my mate was going to buy one but spent his money on a new TX4 instead.

They have to be kept mint due to the fact they only do Exec work, airports and similar, so aren't driven and treated as bad as perhaps the standard MPV's might be.

When you factpr in the fact they are good to go to work straight away, which will save a driver at least £250 and a weeks hastle then you can see why they are popular.

One small issue is that most sell before they have a chance to get on the webpage!

From what mates driving them say they will get high 30's round town, with mid 40's on a long run at about 70 mph.

They are not as "meaty" as the 5 cylinder in the ML or Sprinter, we have some in London that have gone past 200k on the original engine and autobox.

Sadly it would seem that the old 5 speed autobox is no longer fitted to the Sprinter or E Class and they now come with the weaker box fitted to the C Class. A Merc bod could confirm as that is just a trade rumour, but the thing is the new Sprinters in London, 516CDi's have had gearbox issues already, but the older 515CDi's have not been as troublesome.

But the 416CDi very rarely had any gearbox issues, I only know of one and that went back to Merc under warranty apparently, it went bang so may have been a manufacturing fault.

The 2.7 was also better on fuel than the 2.2 in the newer ones, also was actually quite quick when new, they are getting a bit old now, but they had lots of torque, but this shouldn't be a problem in an E Class, I think the E220 CDi is a good all round exec car.

bigjl

sunshinetours wrote: »

Nice but how about one like this with a V8 . That was probably £60k+ new I would guess. Huge legroom in the back as long wheel base version

Different league with respect to the S class Jag owners

It will sadly only do about 15mpg round town, hence the depreciation, it will also cost a fortune to roadtax.

An S Type diesel will hit 40's on a run and will crack 30's round town, probably hit mid 30's if you aren't too lead footed.

And roadtax and Insurance is affordable, I wouls love a big BMW like that, but an S Type seems a more civilised place to be in retirement.

Road_Hog

verntern wrote: »

I am looking for that luxury car that is a fraction of its original price and no longer desirable because of running costs. I liked the idea of a Lexus but now see this BMW.
http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/topgear/cars_advert?id=201110381315133

Regards to all.

Honda Legend, it depreciates well because people who buy Hondas tend to fit into the Civic brigade, not the executive category.

You can get a 57 plate 27K within your budget. 3.5L

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201109380904965/sort/priceasc/usedcars/model/legend/make/honda/page/3?logcode=p

Of course reliability is always an important issue.

Which manufacturer has 4 of the top ten places (Hint, Honda).

Which maufacturers feature in the bottom 10. (Hint, Audi, Jaguar, Mercedes (3 slots), BMW.

http://www.reliabilityindex.com/

bigjl

Have you seen a Honda Legend?

The only ones I have seen for sale in London have had the engine management light on.

Isn't Reliabity Index the one that was shown to be rather inaccurate?

In the JD Power survey Honda came near the bottom and was well below average in 2010.

Since JD Power has a been proved to be more accurate I will stick with them, Reliability Index seem to be the new kids on the block in comparison.

The JD Power dependability results are here http://businesscenter.jdpower.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2010034

Inactive

Road_Hog wrote: »

Honda Legend, it depreciates well because people who buy Hondas tend to fit into the Civic brigade, not the executive category.

You can get a 57 plate 27K within your budget. 3.5L

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201109380904965/sort/priceasc/usedcars/model/legend/make/honda/page/3?logcode=p

Great car, good choice.;)

That or a Lexus would be my choice.

Real quality engineering.

sunshinetours

bigjl wrote: »

It will sadly only do about 15mpg round town, hence the depreciation, it will also cost a fortune to roadtax.

An S Type diesel will hit 40's on a run and will crack 30's round town, probably hit mid 30's if you aren't too lead footed.

And roadtax and Insurance is affordable, I would love a big BMW like that, but an S Type seems a more civilised place to be in retirement.

Its like the twilight zone in here at times

The OP is not interested in mpg particularly as he only does a few miles each year.
The road tax is potentially an issue and you need to choose your model carefully as some will be at £235ish and some at £400+ just for different year models

Nice "problem" for the OP to have obviously, and as shown we would all choose different cars given the same budgets. Guess its whether he wants something "very nice" or something "spectacular" I guess

bigjl

sunshinetours wrote: »

Its like the twilight zone in here at times

The OP is not interested in mpg particularly as he only does a few miles each year.
The road tax is potentially an issue and you need to choose your model carefully as some will be at £235ish and some at £400+ just for different year models

Nice "problem" for the OP to have obviously, and as shown we would all choose different cars given the same budgets. Guess its whether he wants something "very nice" or something "spectacular" I guess

Just because he isn't interested in mpg doens't mean he wants to spend £60 driving to the shops and back and several hundred to roadtax it.

Not the twilight zone, but if you think it is wrong to give sensible advice then I am unsure how to respond.

Considering mpg isn't the only reason to discount a 750iL, they cost a fortune to service, tax and insure, that was my point, and when most people say they don't consider fuel consumption an issue means they don't want a rattly manual diesel with cloth seats, not that running costs are irrelevant, just not a priority, they still need to be considered.

An S Type diesel will be relatively cheap to run, and hold its value well due to this fact. Though the OP could also consider a 3.0 petrol S Type as he will get a newer and better specced Jag for the same money. Though would I advise buying the top spec V8 or R model, no, I wouldn't, the servicing cost will cripple even on a small annual mileage.

This is the kind of thing I believe the OP meant when he said mpg wasn't an issue, not looking to buy a teutonic hyper limo!

Just because mpg isn't an issue doesn't mean it should be discounted completely, the OP is retired and consideration must always be given to overall running costs when on a fixed income.

bigjl

pompeyfaith wrote: »

All out of his price range with only 15k, not a lot for an upmarket car.

Ab out all you will get for that is something similar to a Focus style.

The OP said he wants secondhand, only a madman or lease company buys a new exec car.