My dad's focus is a little on the tired side. Time for a new car! I've naturally recommended a Volvo, he does 115miles a day and works usually 4 days a week. It's got to be a diesel and his budget is between £6000 and £7000. Recommendations?

Speedy88 wrote:My dad's focus is a little on the tired side. Time for a new car! I've naturally recommended a Volvo, he does 115miles a day and works usually 4 days a week. It's got to be a diesel and his budget is between £6000 and £7000. Recommendations?

For that budget, id go:

340 with 16v conv.
340 with 400 diesel conv.
360 2.3 turbo.
mk1 343 minter.
3 sets of ronal turbos.
1 set of 343 banded steels.
holiday to canada to shoot bears.
Arm graft surgery.
bag of chips.

V70 D5

Or He could buy my V70 T5 with LPG conversion for £3000 - much cheaper to run then a dirty derv and he could buy himself a toy with the spare cash

Diesel particulates were recently linked to increased risk of miscarriage. As long as LPG remains half the price of other fuels, diesel's a dead duck.