Newer Diesels...

[1616six]

Its all about service history mate. My Merc is ancient and has 130k on it, but has every service stamp from new, all MB dealers, all genuine parts. Its had no expense spared, and so in 6k miles its cost me £40 to have the faulty tape deck repaired and serviced. That's it.

This.

My BM has 8 BMW dealer stamps, I've covered now just shy of 4k in it & I've had to have two punctures repaired because I drove over something. Apart from that it's been just add fuel.

Thing is Tom, you're too picky. That 107 for example, if it had been as advertised I'm sure would have been fine for you, you moaned that it made you feel sick.. you may well have gotten used to it.

I still prefer the way the Vectra handled over the E90, I've never been a huge fan of RWD.. but I'm used to the BMW now and have learnt how to drive and control it correctly..

I'm interested to see what you do buy, but I'm not looking forward to the 3 months of moaning at why you don't like it afterwards.

I absolutely adored my vectra for the nearly 2 years I had it & you knew that, but I'm sure if I leant it to you, you would have found fault with it. It's a case of making the best of what you've got.

Have you looked at something like a Mazda 3? They are supposedly underrated.

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What's wrong with that? James May has one..