What to replace my 406 with?

[Welly]

I still fancy a late model rover 75 estate - was talking to another driver in town recently and he reckoned his was one of the best compromise cars he'd had in 15 years of taxiing...

Yeah they actually look nice and comfy and squishy don't they trouble is I'm not sure Longbridge's seats and trim will last as well as Pugs. I drove a Rover 400 thing as a courtesy car with 80K on the clock and the drivers seat squab was collapsed gave me back ache an the whole thing was just too much effort it drive it properly

There's was a guy over on the BMW forum who ran something like 12 taxi's for exec/airports etc and moaned like hell about the 530D reliability whilst his 9-odd Mercedes CDi's ran past 375,000 miles with basic servicing he vowed never to buy another BMW for high mileage. I suppose if you can stretch to a Merc it may pay off in the end? probably get more fares too?

[rapport25]

Hi welly i sometimes feel the 406 should be called a marmite car. As sometimes i love it and when it starts playing silly buggers and costing as much as a small child i want it gone .Touch wood last two years its been behaving. And i share the smug grin also as im not paying out a loan on a car. So the 406 is getting a big thumbs up

[GoldenBlunder]

You can't beat being pinned to the seats by a rear wheeler.Old Beemers are a good buy and old Cossies ablast if like throwing money about.