Estate Car to Compliment the Cerbera?

[yosini]

Morning,

I'm thinking of extending the fleet to incorporate an estate car. Started by considering a Lynx XJS, but they are rare and pricey... it will need to be fun but practical, and reliable as I might commute in it every now and again....so I'm thinking of an Impreza Sport Wagon. Surely someone on here must have one - any advice (including don't buy one) welcomed, along with any other suggestions...

Cheers

Joe

[phillpot]

There's only one company that make proper estate cars.... Volvo

[jamieduff1981]

Too old manish?

[900T-R]

MG ZT-T 260 V8, add Dreadnought supercharger if not quick enough for your requirements as standard.

[pmessling]

As above. Zt-t. I had the zt v8 and it's a lot of car for the money.

[pmessling]

As above. Zt-t. I had the zt v8 and it's a lot of car for the money.

[QBee]

One of my clients has just bought an Audi RS6 estate. 520 bhp from a 4 litre twin turbo V8, and a proper growl when poked with the right foot.
Graham Walden drove an older 5 litre V10 version at the TVRCC track day. That, on road tyres, and Graham N's Cerbera 4.5 on track tyres, were two of the very few cars that overtook me that day around Cadwell Park. That Audi was awesomely quick.

[Milky400]

As above for me, but not a chance of me affording that so I settled for the second best thing

Mondeo estate ST Diesel, quick to 60 and 60 mpg on a steady run

Had 4 volvos and wouldn't touch them again. 1st I had I should never have sold...

[QBee]

I've had a Volvo 850 T5. The torque steer coming off a roundabout in the wet was hysterical! Line the car up with the exit, floor the throttle and you could point the steering wheel anywhere you liked, it made absolutely no difference.
In the dry it was a great stealth overtaker, but of that generation I preferred any of the Saab 9-5 estates with all the extras, so long as it had sports suspension. Amazing mid-range acceleration for overtaking, confidence-inspiring flat cornering, wonderfully comfortable seats.

But we are talking cars from the late 1990s......oh yes, so's the Cerbera! £1500 will buy you a good Saab of that era if the RS6 is too rich for you.

[PoleDriver]

If you want something more unreliable and expensive to run than the Cerb I've another vote for the ZT-T 260!

[SergSC]

I'd get the comfiest quietest heaviest vaguest barge you could find, so that when you jump back in the cerb the contrast is full of awesome... I rented a jimny for a 2 week holiday, steering wheel at 20 degree offset, lotery gear box, properly abused that rotting pos on Greek rocky roads... when I got back in my daily tamora it was like everything was 3x more awesome/intense...
Compliment means opposite

[Griffithy]

The Cerb is quite small, you need something bigger to join it
for doing Ikea and builders supply.
But it has to be fast for a quick return to Cerb.

Mercedes R 63 L AMG

[s p a c e m a n]

My previous car was a b5 (1999) Audi s4 avant with an mrc ecu flash that gave it 320bhp, it's my most favourite 'normal' car that I've owned in the past 20 years. It was a big car that felt a lot smaller and more nimble to drive than it should have, was utterly reliable (I had it up until 160k miles and my mate still owns it a year later and all that has failed is one wheel bearing). I can't see the things getting any cheaper than they are now, the b5 shape has a very good following and I still consider them to be the best shape of the series. The only thing that I didn't like about it was the fact that you have to drive well beyond the speed limit before you feel like you're pushing the car, as with a 4 wheel drive stuff, so if that's what gets your rocks off then I would look at other things rather than quattros and scoobies

[QBee]

SergSC said:

I'd get the comfiest quietest heaviest vaguest barge you could find, so that when you jump back in the cerb the contrast is full of awesome... I rented a jimny for a 2 week holiday, steering wheel at 20 degree offset, lotery gear box, properly abused that rotting pos on Greek rocky roads... when I got back in my daily tamora it was like everything was 3x more awesome/intense...
Compliment means opposite

Aha, you mean a 1999-2001 Mercedes E class diesel then.....cornering is more wishful thinking than accurate, and you moor it rather than park it

[QBee]

PS, my work colleagues used to refer to it as "The Hearse"

[yosini]

Some good suggestions coming in, no one is digging the Scooby yet though. A bit more info. ...I have a wallowey T25 camper van for polar opposite so don't need anything slow to make the Cerb feel fast. Also Top Gear Hilux for carrying wood and junk. Budget is up to around 6k and it would be good to have something that would be fun on a track.

[V8 Fettler]

Range Rover. Well it's nearly an estate car.

[Mr E]

I have just purchased a 2010 W212 E500 estate.

Looks like a 4 pot diesel. Lots and lots of kit. Near 5 meters long and close to 2 tons. Doesn't handle. Five and a half litres of very smooth V8.
What's not to like?

[QBee]

I mentions an E class diesel Merc, and I get an email offering me a "safe walk in Bathtub"
Someone's idea of a joke?????

[jamieduff1981]

QBee said:

I mentions an E class diesel Merc, and I get an email offering me a "safe walk in Bathtub"
Someone's idea of a joke?????

If it's a joke I don't get it.