Estate Sleepers

[pits]

3Dom said:

Damn beat me to it!

You could also get it with the GTR bodykit!



But like he said not a sleeper, but nor are many sporty V8 estates in my opinion

I dont like the GTR but I do look the GTR's front end on that





What about an EVO 9 estate, if it hasnt been mentioned already

[lord summerisle]

another vote for the Saab 9-5. tho the 2.0lpt can be taken further on the tuning front that the Aero model

as standard its putting out 150bhp. but a cheap plug in remap will take that up 70 odd bhp.

we're getting an easy 450/500miles per 67litre of 95ron on the daily commute (stop start traffic on the M60)
and saw nearly 670miles out of a tank when cruising across France and Belgium with the cruise control set at 79mph. thats on the standard power.

[derestrictor]

Some impressive stats, there, m'lud.

Liking the idea of 230 nags in one of these - always had a soft spot for Saabs since the days of the 99 turbo...

[GHW]

GravelBen said:

'On a run' for me may be different to you as well - nearest motorway is 2hrs away so not much of that, probably more like UK A and B roads - one lane each way with plenty of hills and corners. Average cruising speeds perhaps a bit lower than your motorway speeds though at 60-75mph (NZ plod are rather singleminded when it comes to speed) but with plenty of faster overtaking. 60-65mph cruise would probably see the 33+mpg, 75mph more like 30mpg. On B-road blasts it can still drink as quickly as anything else with 280bhp though!

It depends which Legacy you're seeing figures for on google too, the gen2 is a bit thirstier than my gen3 and the gen1 guzzles fuel like its going out of fashion.

That explain things any better?

For information, my gen2 GT-B averages about 25mpg on a 20 mile mixed dual carriageway / urban commute every day. On the motorway it'll reach 30mpg if you're driving like a nun. Cruising down to Geneva at 90mph+ most of the way (and a few interesting twisty bits in the hills when we got there) clocked up an average of 23mpg.

[S3_Graham]

The Riddler said:

Wharfer said:

The Riddler said:

Whaddabout a remapped V70 D5? Awesome on fuel, not exactly slow, safe and reliable.

I would have also of reccomended a V70R, but they are greedy little bds at the best of time.

How about a V50 T5 instead?

Not so good on fuel? No idea what the AWD system is like on the S40/V50 either.

our work V70 D5 AWD is shockingly bad handling... ok its a big car and i didnt expect it to 'handle' but the steering is very light, it rolls like a barge and generally has no sporting traits whatsoever. I cant see why you would plump for the AWD over FWD, i tried ours in the snow at the start of the year and it slid just as much as the next car...

that said its pretty damn quick in a straight line, MPG isnt great though, ours averages 34mpg.

[plenty]

v8will said:

I cannot stress the satisfaction of 'doing' a cheeky gobste in a 968 Porsche whilst carrying a set of bedroom drawers (was moving house!) in the rather large boot.

As a 968-driving cheeky gobste who happens to be in the market for a 300 bhp estate sleeper, I am amused by this comment.

[DickyC]

Al Wyn said:

How bizzare Jim just reading this thread not realising you were the op and you leave me a message when Dicky C posted earlier nice to know you thought of me and mine...on `that` hoon i was down to 14...as a guide my average mpg including a mix of motorway/town/heavy size 11ing is 18...she has seen 30 on a long run...saying that she offers 0-60 4.8 and a potential 170mph so not too bad for an old Audi plus shes in budget.

Not only did Jim think my reply was from you, Al, he thought it was a sales pitch!

As if

Oh, yes, and you missed 0-30 in 1.5 !!! Nothing reaches the other side of the lights first. Or so I understand