Thanks greatly for the replies. Well looks like I will be sticking with my Mondeo for the time. Interesting about the Scooby's being a pig to work on, strange kind of engine they have, think its called a Boxer engine? Cozzynut2..... Love the look of your son's Scoob, that must go very well with 365 horses.....Not surprised the MPG is crap with that kind of power! I was offered a Jeep Cherokee 2001 4.0 earlier for next to nothing as the bloke is trying to get as much cash as he can to start his own business.....But looking into them the MPG is shocking, 14-15 around town, sod that!
gcfcos..... I had an E36 328i and I was surprised how good it was on fuel. What was strange was about a year later I had an E36 Compact 1.9 8v and my 328i was about the same MPG wise.
Stevieturbo.... I had an 850 T5 Volvo for a time, very comfy with loads of creature comforts and went very well, good for 145mph, but it was terrible on the twisties, other than that, great car.