Estates - are they now cool?

[GravelBen]

QROPS said:

Lovely colour but what is with all of wheel weights?!

Bought the wheels (nice light forged BBS) cheap second hand with budget Chinese tyres, either the tyres are so irregular that they needed lots of weights or whoever fitted the tyres wasn't very good at balancing them! The budget tyres actually grip ok so I'm waiting until they wear out before replacing them with something better.

Here it is with 17" (standard size) instead of those 16". Probably looks better on 17" but the 16" give better ride on the gravel roads I like to play on.

[wildcat45]

Fleckers said:

I loved my MG ZT-T SE260

There is something great about a ZT-T. Mine was just a 180 but it was fully landed and despite being an old barge it still turned heads, probably something to do with the Typhoon Monogram flip paint. A 260 is on my list. Not that I have a practical need for one.

Edited by wildcat45 on Saturday 27th February 06:17

[S10GTA]

I give you the C5 which I get Monday. Not all estates are cool.

[jollysoutherner]

Current daily driver

[AC43]

I wanted a V8 7 seater that wasn't an SUV;

[Escapegoat]

Possibly too barking mad to be cool, but still, this old thing has presence:



It's for sale, too: www.autoscout24.ch/3728153

[Jimmy Recard]

TREMAiNE said:

chrismoose91 said:

TREMAiNE said:

They probably look at you 'funny' thinking what an utter bellend.

And then there's those who are clearly taking the piss...
Are we on pistonheads or mumsnet? Get a grip.

I would bet everything I own that 90% of PHer's would think you're a complete tt if they saw you "burning it off at the lights... Or when drifting around roundabouts!" - especially in a fking 320d. You should head over to Car Throttle, you'd fit in much better there.

I think chrismoose91 was taking the piss out of himself/the notion of it being cool to do burnouts and drift around roundabouts in a diesel 3-Series estate

[willmagrath]

I like how my thread has turned into estate appreciation, keep up the good work

[matchmaker]

I had one of these:



Many happy memories of family camping holidays!

[willmagrath]

So here's some cool estates I've had the pleasure of driving....

My mates awesome audi s4 with a rare manual gearbox and milltek cat-back exhaust.


And my dad's ex demo v60 d5 manual, amazing to drive, so smooth with every bit of kit imaginable.

[oobster]

My current means of commuting:

2015 Ford Focus ST-3 Stealth Estate by Andy McMillan, on Flickr

It's in dire need of a thorough external clean at the moment, but goes well with the Mountune 275 kit on it.

[Sf_Manta]

I would say so, having had 2 fast estates.. well reasonably quick

Edited by Sf_Manta on Tuesday 7th February 21:57

[Caruso]

I've had my 540 Touring for about 4 years now. I think there are so many variations in body styles now that estates are just another option, rather than the uncool choice they used to be.

[Rocketsocks]

I took my mate's RS6 out for a spin recently. I'm not a big fan of coffin-carriers, but the performance of this thing is absolutely brutal.

[Shifty Bloke]

Always thought the 95 aero estate was nice

[The Big G]

Escapegoat said:

Possibly too barking mad to be cool, but still, this old thing has presence:



It's for sale, too: www.autoscout24.ch/3728153

That is absolutely lovely. Not sure if I could justify spending £300k on it though!

My two, one of which is cool and possibly a bit chavy depending on who you speak to. The other being a sensible mile muncher




And



A bit of vr4 action is always a good thing, especially as most people don't know what's special about it. Even if they spot the ralliart badge on the boot

In a couple of years, a E61 M5 may replace the E91 which will make me really happy :

[mp3manager]

Ok, I've mellowed a wee bit... I think this is pretty cool.

[Ilovejapcrap]

Stickyfinger said:

mp3manager said:

Estates have never been cool. Nor will they ever be.

Hard not to be cool in a big Citroen like that, just no need to try and prove anything

Edited by Stickyfinger on Saturday 27th February 00:05

That looks really nice, is it as good at other angles ?

[so roll me further bitch]

Escapegoat said:

Possibly too barking mad to be cool, but still, this old thing has presence:



It's for sale, too: www.autoscout24.ch/3728153

I would happily smoke around in that

[Stickyfinger]

Ilovejapcrap said:

Stickyfinger said:

mp3manager said:

Estates have never been cool. Nor will they ever be.

Hard not to be cool in a big Citroen like that, just no need to try and prove anything

Edited by Stickyfinger on Saturday 27th February 00:05

That looks really nice, is it as good at other angles ?

All angles really...the Exclusive has the same suspension as the C6 as well....so a great ride like all big Citroen's.

Freaks people out behind you when you raise the suspension to get your MacDonald's at the drive thru
And lower it to the floor when parked next to a M.BMW or Audi in the car park

http://www.boldride.com/ride/2011/citroen-c5-toure...

Edited by Stickyfinger on Saturday 27th February 18:54