What estate car?!

[lewis1641]

the galaxy sounds like a decent suggestion.

toyota lucida?

what about a van? t4 transporter? transit?

 

[mrlee]

passat tdi

X2 mines 2004 and done 190,000 love it

 

[mrlee]

Oops

 

[legrandefromage]

mines on 180,000 and I think the first 80,000 was used to pull a house, its knackered

 

[Kerplunk]

Another +1 for the 98-05 Passat. Huge boot and not that thirsty. Mine's only done 45K so another 15 years at least ahead of it. Which is handy as I can't afford to change it until then. The problem with the Golf/Octavia estates is that the wheel arches protrude a fair way in.

 

[doctor-bond]

E class W124. Prperly designed, simple Retro estate.

Heres a cheapy:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

I bought a 1989 one with no rust, history and only 70k for under £1500. Doesn't miss a beat, started first time during the -12 weather and the classic insurance and n depreciation offsets poor fuel. If you are doing big mileages then a diesel would be worth the extra outlay.

 

[legrandefromage]

E class W124. Prperly designed, simple Retro estate.

Heres a cheapy:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

I bought a 1989 one with no rust, history and only 70k for under £1500. Doesn't miss a beat, started first time during the -12 weather and the classic insurance and n depreciation offsets poor fuel. If you are doing big mileages then a diesel would be worth the extra outlay.

later models are far better on fuel but can rust like a 70s Fiat

the later E220 saloon would get up to 38mpg, on lpg though they will only do around 25.

I'd love a 300TD

 

[legrandefromage]

off topic alert!

incidently you can get four bodies in the boot of a W126 and four people on the back seat.

1st generation 500SE will do around 30mpg on long runs due to the gearing, later 2nd generation changed the ratios.

and on an off-topic mercedes theme:

how much fun???

 

[legrandefromage]

sorry but 8 year old (diesel) Mondeo - 2 things, expensive things, common things:

dual mass flywheel

rear suspension bushes

both expensive and a pain, kits are available at a cheaper cost but, owning one, never again.

 

[legrandefromage]

...and what is that behind the first Merc???? Aye????

3rd generation Mondeo estate - even more bloody expensive to fix! Engine coded parts mean things like injection pumps - aaaaaaaagghhhh!