As my wife was advised to avoid wearing a helmet during last year (following an attack of Bell's Palsy) due to possible compression of the facial nerves, I made good on my 40 - year old promise to buy her a sports car, a Mercedes 200SLK Kompressor in our case.
We made two longish trips with it last year (1000 + miles each) and, although I am some 6' tall, I found it to be surprisingly comfortable. It seems to run well, has a good performance and showed 53.3 mpg on the trip meter when we returned last time. Practically, I've driven more than 600 miles on a tank of fuel with the gauge still showing 1/4 remaining, something borne out at the pumps when subsequently refueling.
I'm now thinking of using it for the annual trip to the Coupe de Moto Legende in Dijon this year, as I will only need to refuel once in France, so if things become difficult (as they have so often before) I can return home without the stress of constantly looking for fuel.
Overall, having never owned a Mercedes before (though I've had lots of BMW's and Jaguars as company cars) it has impressed from the first drive.