Estates - are they now cool?
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My father had a 2 litre moondust Cortina mk3 estate 1974 first car I learnt to drive in
his last car was a Honda accord 2.3i Aerodeck which he sold to me for 1p when he had to give up his license
then a is 300 sportcross
100,000 miles then the missus killed the engine
just sold
Honda Accord 2.3i Executive
166,000 great barge for the dogs
in the market for a replacement was looking at
Jaguar XF 2014
Mercedes E class
Audi A6 avant
must have leather interior / sat nav/ reverse camera at least 50mpg
or any other ideas
cheers
his last car was a Honda accord 2.3i Aerodeck which he sold to me for 1p when he had to give up his license
then a is 300 sportcross
100,000 miles then the missus killed the engine
just sold
Honda Accord 2.3i Executive
166,000 great barge for the dogs
in the market for a replacement was looking at
Jaguar XF 2014
Mercedes E class
Audi A6 avant
must have leather interior / sat nav/ reverse camera at least 50mpg
or any other ideas
cheers
Edited by DBSV8 on Friday 24th February 03:15
Dapster said:
Someone converted an original Dayton to do this....
Interesting story - converted by Panther cars in Surrey for an American.
https://stage-www.hexagonclassics.com/cars/1972-fe...
I think they could be on to something there - if someone did a removable sunroof over the boot, it would mean that you could pack more or have easier access to your luggage! ( Insert the emo thing that is peering out the cardboard box).Interesting story - converted by Panther cars in Surrey for an American.
https://stage-www.hexagonclassics.com/cars/1972-fe...
They have not built many to be fair...this is number 242 since 2013.Never understood the desire for saloons and wanting to look like you were given it with your job. Estates usually look better, have understatement built-in, and are more practical when required. Have room for a roof-rails and thus bike-racks too. Why the world went away to the crass 4x4 when clearly they're used as estate cars anyway just shouts of a shovel-full of delusion to me. Top-heavy pretentious cars for people that wear clothes with brand-names spattered about the place.
Nope, estate cars every time. Old W124 estates and P80 Volvo estates are good for 300,000+, were made of granite. I've 340K on my P80, and at 19 years old still has no rot anywhere. So fixable, and cheap to run and insure it's laughable. I hear W124s are the same but do rot.
Somehow an estate car says very little which I like. I'd never drive a BMW saloon, simpley because they look like a Middle management 'Widget' salesman's car, or worse as they drop down the foodchain, but whislt a long way form my first choice, a 5 series estate, I'd drive.
Nope, estate cars every time. Old W124 estates and P80 Volvo estates are good for 300,000+, were made of granite. I've 340K on my P80, and at 19 years old still has no rot anywhere. So fixable, and cheap to run and insure it's laughable. I hear W124s are the same but do rot.
Somehow an estate car says very little which I like. I'd never drive a BMW saloon, simpley because they look like a Middle management 'Widget' salesman's car, or worse as they drop down the foodchain, but whislt a long way form my first choice, a 5 series estate, I'd drive.
Edited by OldDuffer on Friday 24th February 13:16
Dapster said:
Someone converted an original Dayton to do this....
Interesting story - converted by Panther cars in Surrey for an American.
https://stage-www.hexagonclassics.com/cars/1972-fe...
To paraphrase Clint Eastwood in The RookieInteresting story - converted by Panther cars in Surrey for an American.
https://stage-www.hexagonclassics.com/cars/1972-fe...
"Whoever defaced that work of art by doing that to it ought to have his ass removed"
nobrakes said:
markymarkthree said:
My daily.
ess said:
Extra Brownie points for the period rear window sticker.
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My dad used to have one just like that (apart from the wheels). I remember travelling in the boot.
Edited by nobrakes on Friday 24th February 03:34
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