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Thinking of buying a 2.5. Advice sought.

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Thinking of buying a 2.5. Advice sought.

Post by atreyu1 » Sun Dec 24, 2017 11:31 pm

That works out at approx 27 mpg, unless I've got my sums wrong. Which is highly likely. Is that £50 per 250 miles including commuting as well as pleasure?

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Post by Paulr » Sun Dec 24, 2017 11:57 pm

You would do better with a really well looked after 2.5 than a ropey 3.0 at the same price. Go for condition. When I bought mine last year the 3.0 was about £1000 more than the 2.5, and your driving style sounds the same as mine and believe me the 2.5 does not hang around!
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Post by Smartbear » Mon Dec 25, 2017 12:13 am

atreyu1 wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2017 10:29 pm I don't need pure power, my other car has more power than you could ever need and with a top speed approaching 180 mph is fast enough for most peoples needs. The 2.5 seems to be a nice balance between the slightly under powered 2 litre and the 3 litre. My one experience of driving one showed it to have a nice smooth tractable engine with enough power to cope with most situations. Someone told me many years ago that a straight 6 engine is probably the nicest engine configuration you could have, I'm sure that's still the case. I think it would be safe to say that with even with the 2 litre if you used all the power available to the max you would end up either very dead or locked up for a long time.
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Post by dhobbs » Mon Dec 25, 2017 10:52 am

I was in your position 5years ago. I wanted a 2.5 for a combination of performance and mpg, but couldn't find one. Whereas there are plenty of 3.0 around (and with better basic spec).
The insurance and tax was the same between the 2.5 and 3.0, so I went for a 3.0si and haven't looked back.

Not trying to sway you, but just keep your options open.
Oh, and plenty of pics please.
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Post by chapeau » Mon Dec 25, 2017 11:50 am

atreyu1 wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2017 11:31 pm That works out at approx 27 mpg, unless I've got my sums wrong. Which is highly likely. Is that £50 per 250 miles including commuting as well as pleasure?
Its just commuting, a mix of a few A roads with plenty of traffic lights and B roads, then the fun twisty bits for the last couple of miles near home where it comes alive. Don't get to drive the weekend in it much as with kids in tow i need the X3 instead.
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