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[TheBoy]

Fully electric seats are the way forward...

Have just found out that E38 18 way front seats bolt straight into the E39

Just need to find a pair in blue

Makes no difference if you're the only driver, as they never get moved.

[TheBoy]

I'm following with interest, as I'm probably at the stage of HAVING to replace one of the Omegas...

...but bugger all out there. Zilch. Nothing.

[TD]

I thought the Skoda (bear in mind it had the top of the range electric leather) had lovely soft seats, especially compared to anything in the lower end of the market.

Maybe not as soft as the seats in the Omega used to be, but then that had ~80k of arse under its belt..

Agreed, with work the airport taxi is either a Skoda Superb or an E class Merc, the Merc seats are dam right awful and uncomfortable, the Skoda is pretty dam good though.

Would that be the purpose built 'taxi' mercs with leatherette seats? 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Reading through this makes me feel old. I remember Tunnie being the young lad on OOF, who TB constantly referred to as "the useless student".
Now his threads are about which family car is best.
They grow up so fast. 

[TheBoy]

Reading through this makes me feel old. I remember Tunnie being the young lad on OOF, who TB constantly referred to as "the useless student".
Now his threads are about which family car is best.
They grow up so fast. 

He'll always be a useless student

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I'm following with interest, as I'm probably at the stage of HAVING to replace one of the Omegas...

...but bugger all out there. Zilch. Nothing.

If your minded to buy something a lot newer than the newest Omegas, then you will really struggle.
There is no equivalent.
Possibly a near top of the range Merc, that's a few years old and lost much of its value ?
Cant think of much else tbh.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Reading through this makes me feel old. I remember Tunnie being the young lad on OOF, who TB constantly referred to as "the useless student".
Now his threads are about which family car is best.
They grow up so fast. 

He'll always be a useless student

He wont live that down until your pushing up daisies. 

[TheBoy]

Possibly a near top of the range Merc, that's a few years old and lost much of its value ?
Cant think of much else tbh.

And TBH, I think I'm more like to be boiling my testicles before buying a non classic Merc, as sadly they are built rather than designed now.


I need RWD (for comfort), good economy (140 mile round trip commute), enough power not to be frustrating, and cheap because I'm a pauper

Sadly, unlike tunnie, I would realise the benefits of diesel on my commute

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

One of my cars fulfils all your criteria apart from one.
Its a classic Merc.
Its RWD.
Economy varies between equivalent to 110mpg and infinite mpg.
I paid £350 for it  - but had to spend the same again to get it roadworthy.




Its pitifully slow.  ............It was alleged to possess 90 horses 26 years and 226,000 miles ago.

[TheBoy]

One of my cars fulfils all your criteria apart from one.
Its a classic Merc.
Its RWD.
Economy varies between equivalent to 110mpg and infinite mpg.
I paid £350 for it  - but had to spend the same again to get it roadworthy.




Its pitifully slow.  ............It was alleged to possess 90 horses 26 years and 226,000 miles ago.

And smells like The Happy Fryer ?

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Yep. Its hilarious to sit at the lights and look in the rear view mirror to see the bloke behind ask his missus "whats that rather smell ?" 
It will do 75mph all day long, so the secret is to get it up there and then don't slow, down come hell or high water. 
It actually handles well, so cornering can still be a hoot. 

[TheBoy]

The chips around here taste so shite, I wouldn't abuse my car with their cooking oil .  But enough salt and vinegar, you can mask the taste

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The diesel pump on the Merc  is the size of a moped engine. It isn't fussy about the quality of what its asked to pump. Even that crap stuff that turns into hard white grease in wintertime will go through it when its semi liquid in the summer. 

[Doctor Gollum]

One of my cars fulfils all your criteria apart from one.
Its a classic Merc.
Its RWD.
Economy varies between equivalent to 110mpg and infinite mpg.
I paid £350 for it  - but had to spend the same again to get it roadworthy.




Its pitifully slow.  ............It was alleged to possess 90 horses 26 years and 226,000 miles ago.

A late '80s 300D estate would fit the bill... £4k for a nice, if not mint, car for full on family duty, but not be too shiny to drive to work everyday... £3k would see a scruffy mechanically upto scratch and on the road, including the purchase price...

Either or, with one caveat: Fit electric front seats

Then buy SWMBO a four/five year old Toyota Yaris.

[tunnie]

I do like the classic Mercs, W126 would be nice, big comfy cruiser. Straight 6 engines look nice and easy to work on.

Insurance being such an issue I might have to get MrsT something smaller and I keep the 3.2 for my own use, as it's surprisingly cheap insurance wise, well at least it was last year.