Estate... but I don't need one...
Discussion
DrSteveBrule said:
Still a very cool car after all these years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangel
Ozzie Osmond said:
underphil said:
Cabin road noise will be higher in the estate, due to a less isolated boot
Absolute cobblers - it's not 1975.Most road noise penetrates the cabin through glass
underphil said:
Ozzie Osmond said:
underphil said:
Cabin road noise will be higher in the estate, due to a less isolated boot
Absolute cobblers - it's not 1975.Most road noise penetrates the cabin through glass
This whole glass thing is a totally different ball game!
Your move Ozzie
Tannedbaldhead said:
I've ran estates. Odd thing is when I bought my first I though I didn't need it. After running one I wonder how anyone can manage without.
Completely agree with this. I bought my first estate (£2k for a 2004 Accord 2.4 petrol) last year, on the basis of being able to transport our mobile DJ gear more easily. But even for the other 90% of the time, I now couldn't imagine not having an estate! It's superb. Ikea trips, tip runs, moving house, picking up DIY/garden stuff, carrying tools, it just eats everything with ease.I've had the all the rear windows tinted just to hide anything being carried, and it feels like having a dual purpose car now- on the one hand it can be used like a van but with all the refinement of an 'executive' spec car, on the other hand it can be used as an extremely comfortable 5 seater with an enormous boot.
Being the 190bhp 2.4 petrol and manual, it's also a damn nice car to drive too. I don't feel like I'm missing anything whatsoever by having the estate over the equivalent saloon. Love it.
Ozzie Osmond said:
The great thing with an estate car is that once you've got one you can buy any sportscar you like without receiving any lectures about practicality. 
This too:- I'm picking up a TVR on Friday SturdyHSV said:
Then his point would still stand, as he was referring to your isolated boot comment being cobblers, and being an issue more appropriate to 1975.
This whole glass thing is a totally different ball game!
Your move Ozzie
you think the portion between the rearmost panes of glass in an estate isn't the boot??This whole glass thing is a totally different ball game!
Your move Ozzie
Just found the pic of mine when I picked it up, all waxed and clean, it definitely doesn't look like it currently!
It took me a couple of months to find the exact spec I wanted, petrol C250 for starters, with comand and heated leather, colour was a bonus along with all the other options such as the electric tailgate which I thought would be a novelty but it's very handy.
It took me a couple of months to find the exact spec I wanted, petrol C250 for starters, with comand and heated leather, colour was a bonus along with all the other options such as the electric tailgate which I thought would be a novelty but it's very handy.
underphil said:
SturdyHSV said:
Then his point would still stand, as he was referring to your isolated boot comment being cobblers, and being an issue more appropriate to 1975.
This whole glass thing is a totally different ball game!
Your move Ozzie
you think the portion between the rearmost panes of glass in an estate isn't the boot??This whole glass thing is a totally different ball game!
Your move Ozzie
Slushbox said:
I did about 1500 miles through France & Belgium last week (in my reasonably priced Dacia estate) and thought, with no accuracy whatsover, that most of the SUV's on the motorways were Brits, while every third French or Belgium reg car seemed to be a black estate, laden with bedding.
A cultural thing, perhaps.
The obsession with SUVs here I think is brought on by the fact our roads are worse than a 3rd world country. My car is being ripped apart by potholes; drop links are a near yearly consumable, the steering rack is taking a battering, multiple cracked springs, broken mounts etc because it's now reached the stage that you can't dodge potholes in Edinburgh, you now just pick which pothole you are going to hit which does the least damage. No wonder people drive SUVs when you get battered about just trying to drive to Tesco here, it's a total joke.A cultural thing, perhaps.
Edited by Slushbox on Tuesday 26th July 08:26
L500 said:
Estate's have their usage for certain 'camping' trips...
How do you find the VW, I got put off a bit by the styling but yours in that spec (r-line?) looks lovely.The only other thing is the BIK seems very high and thats before the options you have to add to bring it to a c-class spec...
It's been said already, which makes me feel like I'm not barking - estate versions just look better; often far more 'complete' than sort-of-half-finished-half-ar*ed saloon rear ends.
Since my early twenties I have had estates, chosen over saloons every time - history as follows:
Audi A4 Avant 1.8T (B5)
Audi S4 Avant 4.2 (B6)
Audi Allroad 2.7T (C5)
Audi A4 Avant 3.2 FSI (B7)
Bar the Allroad all have been made available in saloon form, and for some reason I just had to have the Avant model every time. I guess I'm obsessed. I'm forever hearing 'do you have children?' and 'do you need an estate?' - no and no, but they're not exclusively for one thing or another.
Infinitely more practical day to day, and in the case of some of the sportier versions, you can surprise many a sports car owner!
Since my early twenties I have had estates, chosen over saloons every time - history as follows:
Audi A4 Avant 1.8T (B5)
Audi S4 Avant 4.2 (B6)
Audi Allroad 2.7T (C5)
Audi A4 Avant 3.2 FSI (B7)
Bar the Allroad all have been made available in saloon form, and for some reason I just had to have the Avant model every time. I guess I'm obsessed. I'm forever hearing 'do you have children?' and 'do you need an estate?' - no and no, but they're not exclusively for one thing or another.
Infinitely more practical day to day, and in the case of some of the sportier versions, you can surprise many a sports car owner!
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