SHED Estate "what car?" to replace Alfa 156 V6

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Alas the lovely looking 540 sold before i could see it. Getting back on gumtree/ph/autotrader now!

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Mr E said:

We pretty much gave one away. No time to sell privately; real shame. It was a solid car.

Dammit sounds like i missed out! :P

Seems a hard to find spec in budget but i'm not in a particular hurry

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For whatever reason I am sold on the idea of a Saab 9 5.

Only issue is that finding a manual is a little tricky! I know a lot of people say the auto is decent...is it worth waiting for a manual to come up, or pull the trigger and buy an auto box.