Mine isnt practical either. The rear seats do not fold down, I cant get more than one person in the back without the tyres rubbing on the arches and it does 15 mpg. I cant leave it in the street overnight without stuff getting nicked off it either.

Therefore it is a toy and my diesel Mondeo does the practical stuff.

Mine's quite pratical, 320 reliable usable power with 4 doors and the rear wheels don't rub ;).

I couldn't bear with myself to have such a capable car tucked away and use some piece of crap everyday car. Even some of the most cheapest runabouts, you'd have to do some serious mileage to recoup the costs of running another (more than likely older and less unreliable too) car.