Looking for an Interesting Family Estate Car

[Grayham]

5678 said:

sanf said:

Subaru Legacy Spec B - great spec, good engine, 4wd, under budget - plus quite rare

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3324802.htm

£400+ tax bracket for that though. Does look nice though I agree.

The ammount of fuel a spec B will use will soon make you forget about the price of raod tax.

[jbi]

6.1 Litre HEMI V8?

425 hp / 420 lb.-ft

0-60 5.1 seconds

£14,000

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

[5678]

Grayham said:

5678 said:

sanf said:

Subaru Legacy Spec B - great spec, good engine, 4wd, under budget - plus quite rare

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3324802.htm

£400+ tax bracket for that though. Does look nice though I agree.

The ammount of fuel a spec B will use will soon make you forget about the price of raod tax.

Go on... how bad?

[simer553]

We have a 3.0R legacy outback estate auto which has averaged 9.1 Km/Litre over 10,000KM's (according to the trip computer)

This works out at 26.3MPG.

On a flat motorway run (at legal speeds) you can get it up to about 28-30MPG. We drive everywhere with Sport mode selected as the 'itelligent' mode is actually crap and the car feels like you left the handbrake on!!

HOWEVER - the trip computer in this model is notoriously optimistic and I reckon 18-20MPG urban will be more like it in reality.

I have managed to reduce this to a pathetic 12MPG over the course of an hour by driving it with a very heavy foot and S# mode selected.

[5678]

simer553 said:

We have a 3.0R legacy outback estate auto which has averaged 9.1 Km/Litre over 10,000KM's (according to the trip computer)

This works out at 26.3MPG.

On a flat motorway run (at legal speeds) you can get it up to about 28-30MPG. We drive everywhere with Sport mode selected as the 'itelligent' mode is actually crap and the car feels like you left the handbrake on!!

HOWEVER - the trip computer in this model is notoriously optimistic and I reckon 18-20MPG urban will be more like it in reality.

I have managed to reduce this to a pathetic 12MPG over the course of an hour by driving it with a very heavy foot and S# mode selected.

Sounds about the same as my 650 then.

[mattnunn]

V70R, Simples.

[GravelBen]

simer553 said:

We have a 3.0R legacy outback estate auto which has averaged 9.1 Km/Litre over 10,000KM's (according to the trip computer)

This works out at 26.3MPG.

On a flat motorway run (at legal speeds) you can get it up to about 28-30MPG. We drive everywhere with Sport mode selected as the 'itelligent' mode is actually crap and the car feels like you left the handbrake on!!

HOWEVER - the trip computer in this model is notoriously optimistic and I reckon 18-20MPG urban will be more like it in reality.

I have managed to reduce this to a pathetic 12MPG over the course of an hour by driving it with a very heavy foot and S# mode selected.

Interestingly a mate of my dads got 36mpg over half a tank from his 3.0 Legacy on a boring flat open road cruise.

My Legacy GTB (2.0 twin-turbo 280bhp thing) will quite happily do 30-32mpg on a run including interesting roads while still passing the majority of traffic, and I generally average 25-26 in mixed use.

[treetops]

jbi said:

6.1 Litre HEMI V8?

425 hp / 420 lb.-ft

0-60 5.1 seconds

£14,000

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

It even lays down rubber in reverse - see pic again...

[johnboy_78]

5678 said:

Mind if I ask what you paid?

After agreeing to throw in some extras and deliver the car a bit closer to Edinburgh we settled on £16k.

[ginettajoe]

...... Jaguar X Type 2.2d Estate,...... cheap to buy, cheap to run, 50 mpg, £125 per year road tax!!