Summer car

[b0redom]

Not going to lie, it's pretty tulipty however way you dice it. He's generally not that fussed when I take him. He plugs into his iPad/phone and watches random junk on youtube.

There are bits where I'm stuck in traffic, there's other bits where it's just a long blast down an a-road or meandering around suburban leafy boulevards. The traffic is why I'm thinking an automatic might be a lifesaver - that's what I have in my galaxy.

[courtg9000]

I have seen some Mercedes CLK (yep 4 seater) soft tops recently at around your budget. There was one on Pistonheads last week in fact. If you can find a good one. Try and avoid Mercedes cars from the South African factory if you can for reliability reasons. If they come from the US/Germany/Hungary factories you should be ok.

[Paddy]

Not going to lie, it's pretty tulipty however way you dice it. He's generally not that fussed when I take him. He plugs into his iPad/phone and watches random junk on youtube.

There are bits where I'm stuck in traffic, there's other bits where it's just a long blast down an a-road or meandering around suburban leafy boulevards. The traffic is why I'm thinking an automatic might be a lifesaver - that's what I have in my galaxy.

Definitely automatic for London traffic.

[d000hg]

I really like our automatic + adaptive cruise control combo. You can pretty much just let it follow the car in front except in traffic which is stopping completely. Far less taxing.
Although an EV could be an option?