Hm.. love these questions.

RS4 Avant might suit you down to the ground.. how important is economy for you? The Rs4's residuals have calmed a lot now, they are out of production lot of car for the dough at £40k. Not the most economical of cars, specially on the motorway, think mine used to average around 12 mpg in town, and around 17 tops on the motorway..

The M5, yeah like ST said, test drive it, see if you can get along with the gearbox, is a large car inside, but people have moaned about the speed the V10 downs the tank also but apparently nothing feels quicker past 100 then these V10's in full attack mode.. again good value at £40k ish, and they are definitely in the price range now where people are picking them up, so residuals seem relatively strong with the cream wacked off the top.

Others to consider? M6? cheap for the car you get, at £50k, room is an issue in the back though, how old are your kids? if their feet come off the end of the seat, then this probably isn't an option.

RS5 is a couple of years away.. me and Kaine have orders down.. Gecko did too, but he's had to pull out, due to having a third kid recently. (no good with 2 fixed seats in the back..).

Loads of options out there for you, CLS 55/63 AMG? E63/C63 amgs'... i test drove an E63 amg recently, and even though it made my M3 seem like a limp hairdryer, it just all seemed toooo much for the real world.. good to have a hoon about in every now and then, but every day?

How bout a new shape S8? load of car for the money, not that common, and arguably not that much in demand for thieves (don't know what it is as much as an M'er..). 5.2 V10 and you can get them with B&O soundsystem and porcelain brakes, and they drop 20k in their first year, so plenty of well priced cars out there within group, and they are eager to sell them, full time auto, room for the kids, not as common as an M5, and loads of boot space and has more toys then your sport... but again.. economy? do you own shares in Bp?

RRS TDV8 may be the way forward. Past: Bmw M3 Coupe 57, 335d Coupe 56, Audi RS4 06, RR Sport TD HSE 05,
Current: 57 Bmw 730d Sport, 56 Merc S320 CDI L, 57 Merc Viano L 2.2CDI

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Of course you could up the anti and have a chipped TDv8, although personnally I find the standard tune perfectly acceptable there are a few of them out there now and folks seem to be very pleased with them and there is room for the kids and decent boot space. A Carbon Footprint is the mark a lump of coal makes when it's dropped on the ground.

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Staying - Epsom Green Defender 90 for playing off road

TDV8 gets my vote too.

But then again . . . a nice little Jaguar XKR-S Convertible would definately make a nice alternative. Arctic Frost TDV6 SE. Aspen Leather, Cherry Wood, Privacy Glass, PTI, Tow Pack, Mudflaps, Tasmods, a new Fuelflap, a RRSport.co.uk umbrella in the boot & a RRSport.co.uk sticker on the rear glass.
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THIS should be your next car....very reasonably priced, practical for when you get your boys and loads of room in the boot!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2007-Lamborghini-mur...dZViewItem

Why would you buy a car like that off ebay??? RRS TDV6 Gone but still around

SL55 AMG
760Li Alpina
BMW 535D M Sport
BMW 320D Coupe M Sport
Shaguar Hard Type (know you all miss her but she's gone)
And A Van For Rex!

Oh and i love the girlzzzzzzzzzz!!!

JayMann wrote:

Supertrotter wrote:

I like M5's but don't think I could live with the crap gearbox.

Have you driven one mate?

JayMann wrote:

Why would you buy a car like that off ebay???

JayMann wrote:

Supertrotter wrote:

I like M5's but don't think I could live with the crap gearbox.

Have you driven one mate?

Jonny Fresh wrote:

I buy all my Lamborghini's off eBay Jay .....where do you buy yours?

Yeah the Lambo - like it.

Just thinking what my Ex missus' face would look like if I swanned up in that to pick the kids up on a saturday morning...

You know one thing that would be quicker? The solicitors letter for more maintenance would beat me home in a straight drag race!

Anything with big wings, vents, doors that open upwards etcc... are OUT boys......