Just thought I would update everybody on progress with my car hunt. I now have a very nice Volvo S80. It's just one year old and cost £15k which is precisely half the price for a similarly spec'd new one.
How, come you spent 15k when you said you were looking for something at a tenth of that price? I hear you say!
Well, the story goes like this:
Took my wife along to look at a couple of BMW's; a 7 and a 5. First one smelled like a pub apparently, and the second smelled of vomit. A lively debate ensued as to the merits of buying a cheap car and spending the balance on a new kitchen.
Much to my surprise she said buy a decent car, the kitchen can wait.
Encouraged by the test drive I had in an S40, when I was looking at cheapies, I looked at the bigger & newer Volvo's and found that the S80 is by far the most comfortable car on the market for a 6ft 4in heavyweight giant!
And, with it's 5 cylinder engine it sounds like an Audi quattro under hard acceleration.
I had to travel from Kent to Liverpool to collect my bargain but I had a very enjoyable drive home and had figured out most of the gadgets by the time I arrived.
