NWZ Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Well hi all, It's been a while since I posted on here, some of you might recall I moved to Cyprus as I secured a contract over here, anyway, Cyprus is a lovely place but very very expensive to survive unless you are a millionaire out here. Plus they are nutters on the road, I am so fedup with being cut up, tailgated, seeing the amount of accidents on the road is quiet scary. So I'm after some advice, I'm going to be working in London when I return in 2 weeks, I'll be taking my house back in North Wales so I will be commuting to the big smoke weekly. I would love another zed buy I think it will be a shame just to run it on motorways. I am 200% sure I will but another zed but not just yet. This time I am going to be sensible, my mortgage is priority and I want it paid ASAP plus I'm fed up with losing so much money on cars it's heartbreaking. Any tips on a decent diesel - my budget is around 8k, I've seen some high miler 320d se for around this price. What would you buy as a good commuter doing around 500 miles a week? Audi A4? Beemer? VW? Or should I just be super sensible and buy an older 3 series for around 5k? Maybe I'll try and see if I can catch up with you all at the Bala run. Cheers for now....Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Audi A3 tdi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Welcome back bud... you can pick up zeds for £8k now. If it were me buying an oil burner, i'd see if i could stretch to a 530d... think they're under £10k now. Bit more class than the current shape 3 series. I wouldnt buy an e46 bmw though, they were poor build quality imho, and the platform was very similar to the e36... (either that or mine was just a lemmon!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Thats great news Mark, hopefully you wont have to walk home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James B Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 530d is the way forward - They go on forever!!! Welcome back bud... you can pick up zeds for £8k now. If it were me buying an oil burner, i'd see if i could stretch to a 530d... think they're under £10k now. Bit more class than the current shape 3 series. I wouldnt buy an e46 bmw though, they were poor build quality imho, and the platform was very similar to the e36... (either that or mine was just a lemmon!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWZ Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 Cheers guys, I knew it would be dangerous coming on here. Trouble is I so miss the zed and could I take a hit on the fuel costs? And I know I will find driving a diesel as dull as hell. But I know the zed will probably cost 4k a year more in fuel. Out of interest, how much is a full tank of VPower these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 About 125 a litre now. I put mine on my birthday list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Be nice to have you back! Why don't you rent your old zed back off Mike now and then, save him needing a lodger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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