Well, I’m going to throw this out there. It’s probably not very STW-Chic, but I just picked up an 07 e-class estate for under 11k.
Bigger than any of these, with 7 seats, 0-60 in 7 seconds and 40 mpg. Lovely interior, wonderful drive.
The vast majority of your depreciation is already done with, and you’ve got 14k in your pocket left over to cover your 20% greater fuel bill.
I seriously don’t understand why you’d buy a newer, worser car for much more money. If anyone wants to fill me in there, then I’m all ears.
My 2p.
Oh, and you can buy my old Beemer on the classifieds if you wanted to save yourself another 10k on top of the 14k you’ve just saved.