Have you taken leave of your senses Richard ? A brilliant car the V6 as long as the gearbox is in good nick, a brilliant and relatively easy to work on engine (I think I've just been unlucky with the problems on mine) and if I didn't already own this one I would have given serious consideration to buying Superloopy's one.. but frugal on fuel it ain't.RichardW wrote: I'm tempted by superloopy's V6, but that comes at c£1k year fuel penalty, so perhaps not!
Mind you long motorway miles are what it's designed for, they can manage a respectable 33-34mpg cruising at 60-70mph, and it puts a smile on your face every time you press the loud pedal It's short runs in stop start traffic that kills the mpg, so its definitely not a shopping cart. How many miles a day do you do and how much of that is motorway cruising ? A fair bit I'd imagine.
If you do lose your senses and buy it I'm happy to help with anything it might need doing - for better or worse I think I know the foibles of the gearbox and engine of the V6 inside out now