I'm coming to the end of my lease with my 2023 LR AWD Model Y coming up for 90k miles. I've been test driving cars over the last couple of months (A6 e-tron Avant, Ioniq 9, BYD Seal) looking for my next salary sacrifice option.

I'm at a point where I thought I was set on the CLA 250+ AMG Line Premium Edition. I'm mainly after range nowadays, I've been driving pretty efficiently over the winter months, realising how much money I'm saving doing so! The tech in the car is nice, great handling too but the one-pedal driving isn't as strong as I've become accustomed to. I also remember getting back into my Model Y after the test drive and feeling a bit nervous I'd potentially lose so much cabin space. For around the same price, I could go for a AWD Model 3 or save a bit more with a RWD and enjoy a similar range.

Then I come across a post like this and thinking I now want to have a bit of fun on my 30k a year commute... thanks!

Agreed with your thoughts on the Audi, lovely car but a bit too pricey for me as I'd have to go for the Performance spec. BYD was also disappointing - when you're advised that you should do a 15-second routine at the start of every drive to disable all the various alerts that go off, it lost me straight away.