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Fox-
10,038 posts
116 months
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Motorrad said: Put your rear seats down on a number of saloons I've owned. Optional extra with BMW. That hardly anyone fits 
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Greg66
1,569 posts
48 months
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Randy Winkman said: I love the idea of saloons, but don't think I'll ever own one. What do you do when you want to buy a tree, or some timber? Or take stuff to the dump? Never have a problem getting a ten foot Xmas tree on ours. Front pass seat tipped way back, with the base of the tree in the depths of the footwell and the top in the top rear offside corner of the back. The boot is cavernous. I've often thought about an estate, but the footprint of the boot would be smaller than I have. The extra space I would get would be the volume above the top of the rear seats - so if I used it, I'd lose the use of the rear view mirror. Probably sooner get a FFRR (though I might be amenable to an S6/RS6/M5 estate!).
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slippery
9,517 posts
109 months
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I don't often find myself wanting for space in the boot of the A8. 
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kwak
180 posts
22 months
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dave stew said: Didn't the baddies in 'Taxi' drive these? Lovely cars. They drove 500E's actually, not the AMG ones.
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Mr2Mike
9,619 posts
125 months
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RichB said: What sawdust on the floors, real ale, a piano playing, darts that sort of thing?   Made me laugh anyway.
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Daniel1
2,251 posts
68 months
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slippery said: I don't often find myself wanting for space in the boot of the A8. You can fit so many bodies in an A8. It's huge.
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Jasandjules
45,852 posts
99 months
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Quite happy with an estate car and a convertible.
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Roman
1,839 posts
89 months
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I tend to prefer saloons.
Many 'exec' tourers have smaller boots than the saloon versions when you use the luggage cover and if you need to leave valuable equipment in when parked or overnight a saloon is more secure as well as being safer in an accident.
With wheels and seat posts removed I can carry two bikes in the boot of my car. For larger items I can fold the rear seats and even utilise the sunroof for very long lengths if timber. Just a shame many saloons don't come with folding rear seats as standard.
Saloons are cheaper to buy too!
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slippery
9,517 posts
109 months
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Daniel1 said: slippery said: I don't often find myself wanting for space in the boot of the A8. You can fit so many bodies in an A8. It's huge. 
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al1991
4,351 posts
50 months
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superhans88 said: Anyone who read Clarkson's review of the Audi Q3 in the Sunday Times will know that he certainly does! He does have a point though, with all these 'lifestyle' cars on the market such as the Q3 et al, isn't it refreshing to own a car that does what it says on the tin, and does all things well? I'm very happy with my Mk2 Focus saloon and feel that it's probably a better all rounder than any number of 30 grand psuedo-SUV's that seem to be very popular at the moment. Is there a copy of Clarkson's review of the Q3 anywhere online?
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Motorrad
3,967 posts
57 months
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Fox- said: Optional extra with BMW. That hardly anyone fits All the BMWs I owned had through load- I think it was fairly common if not standard on E46 coupes or maybe I'm mistaken.
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Fire99
8,115 posts
99 months
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Motorrad said: All the BMWs I owned had through load- I think it was fairly common if not standard on E46 coupes or maybe I'm mistaken. Standard on Coupe's I do believe
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StevieB
654 posts
18 months
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I agree! My Passat is a brilliant work horse. Ive managed to transport a 2 metre flat pack from IKEA with the rear seats down, its got loads of rear seat space, it just starts, goes and does the job. I dont see the point in all these niche vehicles and I particularly hate all the aggressively driven Q3s that are everywhere at the moment!
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samuelellis
1,518 posts
71 months
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I prefer estates to saloons tbh, the estate versions just look a bit more finished off
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deltashad
2,869 posts
67 months
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I like all forms of cars depending on circumstances, designers and makers.
I'm not sold on the Q3, but if Alfa were to make one then I think it may work...
I quite like that car makers are churning out all these multi tasking, gap filling models, it keeps things interesting. Although, have to say most of them are silly and over priced, and excel at buggar all.
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Perd Hapley
1,452 posts
43 months
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Fox- said: Motorrad said: Put your rear seats down on a number of saloons I've owned. Optional extra with BMW. That hardly anyone fits Irritatingly, Triumph Heralds had fold down rear seats for a while, but they did away with them early in the production run. But the hole's still there, just with a seat back bolted over it.
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carl_w
4,185 posts
128 months
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Perd Hapley said: Irritatingly, Triumph Heralds had fold down rear seats for a while, but they did away with them early in the production run. But the hole's still there, just with a seat back bolted over it. That's what my E60 5-series was like. I could have forgiven it if there was a bulkhead across the back, but the only thing that prevented through-loading was an absence of hinges at the bottom of the seat backs 
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LuS1fer
28,898 posts
115 months
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Negative Creep said: I'd say the SD1 is more the exception than the rule when it comes to large hatchbacks Au contraire, Blackadder  and you know the SM and some (not me) also say C6. There was the best of the saloon/coupe/almost a hatch in shape at least 
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veevee
879 posts
21 months
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MondeoMan1981 said: I've owned a 306 sedan - far better handling than the hatch Eh? How?
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Triumph Man
2,207 posts
38 months
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veevee said: MondeoMan1981 said: I've owned a 306 sedan - far better handling than the hatch Eh? How? At a guess it would be stiffer due to lack of large opening rear end?
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