So after a few years of buying stop-gap cars, including:
An Audi A6 1.9 TDI that ate its own electrics out
A Peugeot 306 STDT
A Mazda 6 2.3 which developed an engine knock after 6 months
A Jaguar X-Type which ALSO developed an engine knock after 6 monts
And a car that actually did quite well...