Estates - are they now cool?

[Erudite geezer]

This is pretty cool:

[ChrisRS6]

Go on then...one more....latest look.

[Stickyfinger]

[Slow]

Stickyfinger said:

I was agreeing with everything on this thread practically and then I saw this.

My god it is fugly.

[Stickyfinger]

It is, but we needed balance from all these tooth shaker Audi's that if you sit in the back for 1 hour on A roads you get out a cripple

[ChrisRS6]

My Audis certainly haven't been bone shakers...

[Stickyfinger]

ChrisRS6 said:

My Audis certainly haven't been bone shakers...

Based on my experience of driving an 2015 A6 Estate for a month they are. Everyone to their own however

[defblade]

markymarkthree said:

My daily.

Bibury needs you!

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/general-pistonhead...

[Dapster]

Stickyfinger said:

It is, but we needed balance from all these tooth shaker Audi's

How about a W126 estate? S Class luxury in wagon form. How cool is this? For sale in case you have a spare €60k

http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=...

[rohrl]

To continue the theme of big Mercedes estates.

[dsgrnmcm]

Not all estates, but mostly Tourers and Avants are pretty cool!

[ChrisRS6]

Stickyfinger said:

ChrisRS6 said:

My Audis certainly haven't been bone shakers...

Based on my experience of driving an 2015 A6 Estate for a month they are. Everyone to their own however

All Audis must be the same then eh?

[Stickyfinger]

ChrisRS6 said:

All Audis must be the same then eh?

Are you saying that the faster RS ones are not stiffened up and that the low tyre profile makes them more comfortable then ?

Edited by Stickyfinger on Saturday 25th February 13:07

[mdk1]

Just got my first Est,
A change from my last car,
Elite spec with auto box, huge boot, big comfy leather heated seats. Done 2600miles in 2 weeks.

[TSCfree]

Anything that has the aesthetics of a hearse, cannot be cool. HTH.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Dapster said:

How about a W126 estate? S Class luxury in wagon form. How cool is this? For sale in case you have a spare €60k

http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=...

I've never been interested in Mercs although I can appreciate some them. That is appalling though! They said Volvos were boxy!

[Stickyfinger]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Dapster said:

How about a W126 estate? S Class luxury in wagon form. How cool is this? For sale in case you have a spare €60k

http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=...

I've never been interested in Mercs although I can appreciate some them. That is appalling though! They said Volvos were boxy!

I makes zero effort to be cool, it is just a big powerful SLAB of meat, thus it is very very cool.

[SevenSpeedStickShift]

Always were, still are.

Some new cars out there:

[Fastdruid]

ChrisRS6 said:

Great for the dog!

I have to say that's one I don't get. Not the car, that's an awesome beast (albeit not my personal piece of cake) but buying one to take the dog in. Just don't get why you'd want to ruin an 85k car with dog hair, scratches everywhere, smell of dog etc.

I know someone who bought an RS6 with that very justification. Never took the dog in it.

On a semi-similar basis it's one of the reasons why I'm holding off on buying anything newer and nicer, until the kids grow up and stop trampling all over the seats, sticking muddy shoes everywhere etc I don't want a nicer car that I'm just going to get (even more) pissed off at them ruining it.

[ChrisRS6]

That's why the dog is in a cage in back...

No scratches, slaver on the glass etc etc.