We currently have a Cmax on a 57 plate with 23k miles, its a 1.8 petrol style.

yesterday i was driving it and noticed that its only getting about 340 miles to a 50 litre tank which works out to just under 31mpg

now the wife uses it all the time and i hardly drive it, so its mostly town driving etc with the odd long run out.

and she was saying about thats why she never has any money, cos she is always filling up the car lol so i said bollocks, ill sell it and get a diesel.

just been looking on autotrader and it should be worth about 7.5k as its the style so has 16" wheels, and a the roof tip spoiler and the reason i bought it - the panoramic glass roof lol

anyway, been looking at bimma 320d's as dad has one on an 09 plate and loves it, but the ones in our price range are about 07's with almost 100k on the clock. the milage doesnt really put me off, but what are they like to live with? we do about 8k a year in the cmax so not massive miles, and with petrol now only about 5p a litre less the derv i reckon it might pay to chop in the cmax for an oil burner as the afore mentioned bm averages around 57mpg, so nearly twice as good.

need an estate tho for getting all the kids and shit in the back.

i think ive read that lots of you lot on here have them/had them. so what are the main issues with them? was hoping to just find a dealer and do a straight swap if i could!

cheers all