RE: Estate Of Play: Fast Wagons
Discussion
I've always liked fast estates since I've had a pair of Labradors to scare senseless in the back.
In order to date;
Audi 80 2.8 V6 Avant (slow-ish but very capable and fantastic over distances - drove from Poland to the Loire Valley effortlessly)
2003 Scooby Impreza WRX Sportwagon (Wifey's Company Car and hence driven as such!)
1995 BMW 540i Touring (One of the 64 6-speed manual cars; rare, refined and very much missed)
1993 BMW M5 Touring (I feared the S38 engine's frailty for 18 months then it happened; s
t bodywork so sent off to be broken - not missed)
2003 Scooby Impreza WRX Prodrive Sportwagon (wicked and mental)
2001 Alpina B10 V8 Touring (Refined and completely awesome)
My shopping list for the future includes
Alpina B5/B5S Touring - only 5 made (4 x B5, 1 x B5S) so I'll have to jump when I see one.
AMG estate - either a 55 or 63
And I've always been a hairs breadth away from buying an RS2/4/6 Avant but my S3 and S4 experience has kept me at bay.
In order to date;
Audi 80 2.8 V6 Avant (slow-ish but very capable and fantastic over distances - drove from Poland to the Loire Valley effortlessly)
2003 Scooby Impreza WRX Sportwagon (Wifey's Company Car and hence driven as such!)
1995 BMW 540i Touring (One of the 64 6-speed manual cars; rare, refined and very much missed)
1993 BMW M5 Touring (I feared the S38 engine's frailty for 18 months then it happened; s
t bodywork so sent off to be broken - not missed)2003 Scooby Impreza WRX Prodrive Sportwagon (wicked and mental)
2001 Alpina B10 V8 Touring (Refined and completely awesome)
My shopping list for the future includes
Alpina B5/B5S Touring - only 5 made (4 x B5, 1 x B5S) so I'll have to jump when I see one.
AMG estate - either a 55 or 63
And I've always been a hairs breadth away from buying an RS2/4/6 Avant but my S3 and S4 experience has kept me at bay.
I always fancied a fast estate but couldn't afford the likes of the RS4s and Mercs. Last summer I got a Forester Sti from Litchfields and it's a blast, great fun to chuck around in the summer, room for the family and epic in the snow...perfect!..........well apart from the eye watering fuel consumption but I only do about 12k miles a year so can put up with that.
Edited by MikeyLCR on Friday 27th May 20:01
Edited by MikeyLCR on Friday 27th May 20:02
Herman Toothrot said:
I really like my 2.7T Quattro A6, I'm assuming it hasn't had a remap but it does feel very quick book I believe is 245bhp/245lbs with basically that power all the way from 2000 to 6000rpm, it returns 24.5mpg. An S or RS must be silly quick and I imagine horribly thirsty.
An RS2 driven with regard to licence and responsiblity will return 28mpg minimum, hoon it up and it will drop. However with sensible acceleration and use of 6 speed manual gearbox it remains an economical proposition, 315 bhp, torsen quattro drive, 5 door estate and porsche brakes etc for £15k - compare that value to other celebrated marques. PS, it now qualifies for classic car insurance as well.Depreciation curve long gone, appreciation curve lifting and a pleasure to own/drive, that why we keep them and few good ones rarely for sale.
BMW 540 touring is another bargain now, hence buying on of them this month.
Keith
vit4 said:
Must admit for me it would be the MG hands down. I have no idea why, but I find it exudes a charm that the others (or very few cars in the last 10 or so years) can match. I love the colour of that one too 
Fortunately I like the colour too! I say fortunately, as it was the first Mk1 estate I found in 6 months of looking (they made fewer than 30), and I've only seen another 4 or 5 for sale in the 5 years I've owned it.It's also - maybe not surprisingly - the only V8 in that colour across all the variants.
Kermit power said:
vit4 said:
Must admit for me it would be the MG hands down. I have no idea why, but I find it exudes a charm that the others (or very few cars in the last 10 or so years) can match. I love the colour of that one too
Fortunately I like the colour too! I say fortunately, as it was the first Mk1 estate I found in 6 months of looking (they made fewer than 30), and I've only seen another 4 or 5 for sale in the 5 years I've owned it.It's also - maybe not surprisingly - the only V8 in that colour across all the variants.
vit4 said:
Kermit power said:
vit4 said:
Must admit for me it would be the MG hands down. I have no idea why, but I find it exudes a charm that the others (or very few cars in the last 10 or so years) can match. I love the colour of that one too
Fortunately I like the colour too! I say fortunately, as it was the first Mk1 estate I found in 6 months of looking (they made fewer than 30), and I've only seen another 4 or 5 for sale in the 5 years I've owned it.It's also - maybe not surprisingly - the only V8 in that colour across all the variants.
jeremyc said:
vit4 said:
Kermit power said:
vit4 said:
Must admit for me it would be the MG hands down. I have no idea why, but I find it exudes a charm that the others (or very few cars in the last 10 or so years) can match. I love the colour of that one too
Fortunately I like the colour too! I say fortunately, as it was the first Mk1 estate I found in 6 months of looking (they made fewer than 30), and I've only seen another 4 or 5 for sale in the 5 years I've owned it.It's also - maybe not surprisingly - the only V8 in that colour across all the variants.
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