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Which would you choose as a motorway cruiser?

Smellyonion
Smellyonion Posts: 258 Forumite
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Hi




I am looking at around 10k for either;


BMW 320d
Infinity q50
Mazda6


Your experiences?, what would you go for?
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  • motorguy
    motorguy Posts: 22,516 Forumite
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    Smellyonion wrote: »
    Hi




    I am looking at around 10k for either;


    BMW 320d
    Infinity q50
    Mazda6


    Your experiences?, what would you go for?

    What mileage do you do?
  • Smellyonion
    Smellyonion Posts: 258 Forumite
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    17k a year.:)
  • System
    System Posts: 178,145 Community Admin
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    BMW are costly to repair and build quality and reliability is not what it used to be. They and Mercedes are definitely trading on past reputations.

    £10k on the Mazda will get you a lot more than £10k on a BMW.
  • Indout96
    Indout96 Posts: 2,369 Forumite
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    The infinity is a nice car but odd looks so may be harder to sell on later if you are not running it in to ground.
    From the choices I would pick that.


    If you are open to other choices - Volvo S60 is very well built and nice to drive
    Totally Debt Free & Mortgage Free Semi retired and happy
  • Arklight
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    Although it takes a while to get up to 70, I had good experiences with the Nissan Almera as a motorway cruiser. It catches they eye of the babes when you pull into a motorway service station too.
  • facade
    facade Posts: 7,195 Forumite
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    Arklight wrote: »
    Although it takes a while to get up to 70, I had good experiences with the Nissan Almera as a motorway cruiser. It catches they eye of the babes when you pull into a motorway service station too.


    Do you know of one for sale under £10K? ;)
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • Arklight
    Arklight Posts: 3,174 Forumite
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    facade wrote: »
    Do you know of one for sale under £10K? ;)

    I am glad you asked this question. There are many Almeras for sale nationwide in good condition for much less than £10k. There is probably one near you.

    Failing that I am happy to source Almeras for members of this forum for a special price.
  • Mercdriver
    Mercdriver Posts: 3,898 Forumite
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    facade wrote: »
    Do you know of one for sale under £10K? ;)

    You know I don't think he does, he's never linked an autotrader page here for one has he?
  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    Audi A4. For 10k you can get an absolute cracker.
  • thescouselander
    thescouselander Posts: 5,542 Forumite
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    I've got a Mazda 6 - you definitely get a lot of gadgets for the money and it's good on the motorway.

    That said I'm in the process of changing it for a beemer - I do think BMWs are more refined.
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