I can only speak for myself here, but much as I love driving, I suspect that the ‘enjoyment’ of an M or the like would soon wear off.

I know we had some debate on this when Ketron was looking at a replacement for the 135i but I really feel that the 2 highest priorities for this kind of mileage is refinement (long legged and comfortable) and somewhat cost effective? Keep a separate ‘leisure’ car for the weekends, etc.

A couple of weeks ago I found myself doing a North Donegal-Tipp and Tipp-Dublin (return) in a 24 hour period - just short of 800kms. I did it on the e60 and got out of the car without being crippled, etc. I can only imagine the state of my rib cage and kidneys if I had done the same in the Z. Do something like that a few days a week and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be feeling that the Z was a treat.

That’s a personal opinion, of course, but based on a decent variety of cars, regular journeys, etc over many years.