A friend of mine has 6k to spend and is looking at a 320d.(something other than a mondeo/passat / avensis or xtype )While I recon my yoke has delivered in spades in my 2.5 years of ownership (e39) I just cannot bring myself to recommend a BMW. While I can fcuk around and tackle most jobs on a car myself, if I were to think of the cost of getting someone to do the the work I have done it wouldn't be practical ownership.
So in short with this budget, 15k yearly milage and no mechanical experience could you recommend a 320d over the above cars. Dynamically bmw there is no contest but purely on a yearly cost and reliability basics do they make sense in this situation. Cheers