Estates - are they now cool?

[Stickyfinger]

[Hackney]

Chris944_S2 said:

They can't be cool, I like them

That's like my old car.
Wish I'd been able to keep it and really do a proper restoration on it. 4L and remapped to over 300bhp was just hilarious.

[Erudite geezer]

Handsome beasts these:

[Mave]

jas xjr said:

hoping to buy this tomorrow

it is shed price and about as smart as i can get for the money. fingers crossed

Nice! I'll be on the lookout for one of those in the spring to replace our mondeo :-)

[DSLiverpool]

Undecided over getting a newer one of these or just keeping it forever as a utility car - 18 mpg and £500 tax don't help though.

[Dominic H]

Estates Cool? I always thought my E46 Touring looked good.

[OldDuffer]

How a Ferrari Daytona could ever eb an eyesore I don't know, but that 'estate' Daytona is a mess.

Can I put the original question the other way, why do the majority think saloons are cool? Apart form being cheaper, why would you run for the saloon given the choice? I can't see any advantage, what am I missing?

Mumbles: I've always wanted a late 80s 'S' Series Merc barge, but apart from conversions Mercs of that period are almost always saloons.

[Keycuk]

Not very sporty but I've got one of these and it makes a great compliment to my s2000

[ALawson]

Keycuk said:

Not very sporty but I've got one of these and it makes a great compliment to my s2000

I have a 2.2 Cdti EX, fully loaded so to speak. Apart from some recent large bills, exhaust manifold but Honda did pay for the part It has cost buttons to run.

I would like a newer one, looking at this Type-S at Gatwick Honda. However, no service history apart from pre-sale by Honda is putting me off. How they can sell it as Honda Approved baffles me.

[Loose_Cannon]

Stickyfinger said:

That was my dads car which transported our family and its guff from 1976 - 1982. It wasn't cool. Ever. Especially not at the end with no front bumper, primered wings and football sized holes in the doors.

[exitwound]

DSLiverpool said:

Undecided over getting a newer one of these or just keeping it forever as a utility car - 18 mpg and £500 tax don't help though.

I have a 150k mile, 2003 Octavia Elegance TDI estate with all the useful toys. £115 for tax, 60-65mpg, HUGE load capacity. Simple to maintain, very rugged (without being agricultural) and currently THE bargain car to have.

[defblade]

DSLiverpool said:

Undecided over getting a newer one of these or just keeping it forever as a utility car - 18 mpg and £500 tax don't help though.

Go JDM Legacy GT instead (unless you need the increased height) - 23mpg and £260 tax, 260/280bhp (auto/manual)... you know the figures make sense

[bungle]

Of course they're cool

[OldDuffer]

Well, I can dream.

Edited by OldDuffer on Wednesday 22 March 07:24

[OldDuffer]

Of course if you're mere pleb like me, these are 'estates' only when you're not, and when a mere Lamborghini simply won't do, you walk into you choice of Italian coachbuilder and ask for a 'Shooting Brake".

Edited by OldDuffer on Wednesday 22 March 07:33

Edited by OldDuffer on Wednesday 22 March 07:34

Edited by OldDuffer on Wednesday 22 March 07:36

[FBP1]

[S10GTA]

Do love a good loadrunner.

[Loose_Cannon]

FBP1 said:

Epic.

There was an article back in the day explaining where a lot of these leviathans began life. Apparently the Eurocrats had a fleet of these to ferry all their hot-off-the-press documents and daily newspapers at top speed between Brussels and Strasbourg.

Very easy to forget how easy it is to share information these days compared to 30 years ago. Do motorcycle couriers still exist?

[ChrisRS6]

[FBP1]

Even epic-er ... not strictly an estate but very Citroen and very PH