Why should mileage be a problem?
i've had my car 2 months now and do 35,000+ a year. I got the car converted to LPG (which will pay for itself in 6 months which is handy when greenfuel gave me 6 months %free) and my fuel cost so far has probably been less than it was with my cdti previously!
OK I stil need to fill it up twice as much, but if you're doing a lot of driving i think it makes sense to have a "drivers car"!
Had mine now for just over 2 years, absolute perfection love it, only used weekends so hopefully keep until its run into the ground by which time I will be too doddery to drive , and fuel will be to exspensive ., or non existant
4 Years in June,and still love it as much as I did when I first bought it,(wife hates it from a £ Sterling point of view),but I can live with that!... fairs fair,when they get rid of M&S I'll get rid of the Zed .....till then