7K, Estate, Fast, What car?

[geeks]

Its time for my own what car!

So budget is £7k no more!
Estate is Essential, I think
MPG is not an issue
Transmission is free

I would love my first V8..

I am currently leaning towards an S4... what else should I be considering?

[geeks]

DrDeAtH said:

Volvo V70 T5

They are fine machines but I think I am going to be fussy here, no FWD unless it's really interesting..

[geeks]

djdest said:

B5 S4 with K04 conversion, something similar to this

http://audisrs.com/about58341.html

Interesting prospect, how does the B5 2.7 Compare to the B6/7 4.2 on the road do we know?

Aren't the early RS6's ruinous to run? As much as I would love one the horror stories, well horrify me!

Interesting suggestions as well, not sure about the Subaru a bit meh for me unfortunately, Alfa is FWD is it not? 550 would be awesome but too rare

[geeks]

Willy Nilly said:

I am trying to imagine the world of financial pain a 7 grand performance estate car can generate.

Where is your sense of adventure man???

djdest said:

The B5 with a remap will see off a B7, where as a K04 B5 will eat it for breakfast no problem.
With the correct mods you can run a very reliable and usable 500bhp S4, I used mine daily and loved it.
I'd even go to say it was more fun than my B5 RS4

Hmmm interesting food for thought...

[geeks]

Hmmm decisions, decisions, well we have next week off work might go and do some test drives and see which i like, I am working to a B5 S4 now though given what I have read about them which saves some pennies!