Might help pass some time...

Budget: 5k

Challenge:
Buy two cars, each with a different purpose. Or one that can manage to do both.
Let's try to stick to BMW's, but also offer your alternative if you have one.
Must have an NCT. Use any source to show what you've found; DoneDeal, Carzone, etc. For the sake of the challenge you can look in the UK but the chances are the NOx charges will kill any chance of importing it, but it can be used an example of what might appear on our shores at some point.

Car 1
One that you'd gladly take for a hoon through the twisty backroads, a mountain pass or that you could sprint to the shop for a litre of milk and a loaf of bread

Car 2
Can manage day to day tasks of ferrying around 5 people, 2 suitcases and do reasonable MPG

Or the Brucey Bonus
The unicorn that can do both tasks fairly well; given that this will be a single purchase and as such only one road tax bill, the MPG criteria is waived!


5k wont buy these, but say along the links of, Car 1 a Z3, Car 2 a 330d Touring, Bonus Car an E39 540i