My wife insisted that I wrote to you before rushing headlong in pursuit of another zany half-baked plan. My bitch (not my esteemed wife) is that I have paid millions in depreciation in 40 years of car ownership. The plan? Buy a car that will appreciate. The idea is to keep our new Volvo C30 until it starts appreciating. (There is a catch here, which is that we won't live long enough, but back to the plan.) We also have a Renault Laguna Tourer on lease that is due to go back to Renault. We need an estate car from time to time to carry mowers for repair, go to the dump, help daughters move their worlds and take the dogs places, even holidays. The answer: a Citroen Safari. Am I mad? If I am then a Mercedes E Class 200 estate.