Estates - are they now cool?

[djdest]

gizlaroc said:

Was it 2006 when the 330d got a DPF??

Mine is mapped but still has a DPF believe it or not
That is all motorway grime!

[longbow]

My three brisk estates thus far....





I think fast estates are cool, and the faster the cooler IMHO.

[willmagrath]

I'm glad you mostly agree! They do look better to their saloon counterparts. All my mid twenties friends are buying them. One has a great s4 estate, another a top spec v70 and another has a 320d touring.

Love them

[PD9]

PugwasHDJ80 said:

ooh RS2- wish i could have owned one- fabulous car.

I've just bought a merc cls estate- not sure they count as cool, but i think it looks better than the saloown



i know it goes well

I'm looking at the 2016 facelift saloon, however that looks delicious. How's it on the motorway?!

[Stickyfinger]

Escort3500 said:

LOL. I'd struggle to 'burn my 320d off at the lights' or 'drift it on roundabouts' even if it had a remap, modded pipes, chavved glass, patinated bonnet and stanced rims...

[PDP76]

Ugh ! Estate is such a 90's term, can we leave it in the 90's.

Touring, I said touring
Has this one for over 6 years now, turns 10 years old at the end of the year, no plans to change it. Used to do a lot of carrying camping equipment duty, now it has mucky mountain bikes put in or on it.

[DoubleD]

But that is an estate car. BMW call it a Touring for marketing reasons because it sounds a bit more "life style"

[philmots]

Yes. I love mine.



4.8 Litre V8 - 367hp.. Bland looks with adequate performance.

[GravelBen]

DoubleD said:

But that is an estate car.

Only in England, most other places call them station wagons and would think 'estate car' is pretentious marketing talk.

[Erdy]

Estates are cool, especially fast ones.

I have a 330 touring and i love it. Didn't even consider a saloon or ci as they look old man and posery respectively imo.

>Must have roof rails though .

[Dapster]

Fancy a 7.3 lt V 12 but really need an estate? Worry no more...

[klunkT5]

Heres mine..

[V8Wagon]

djdest said:

Always have been!

This is my estate history...

Love the GSI! ;-)

[V8Wagon]

I owned two of the rarest Vauxhall's a while ago....only 34 2.6 GSi estates were built!!





I then moved onto this beasty...lovely 4.2 V8 under the bonnet..



and now I'm old and boring I trundle about in this boring (reliable and cheap to run) thing...

[ciaranthemurph]

I think so, here is mine, which is currently in the classifieds - http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...





and it's predecessor:

[T5XARV]

All of them have been cool but some were much cooler than others..... Audi 100 Avant, Audi A4 Avant, Volvo V70, BMW E30 320i Touring, BMW 540i Sport Touring, Audi Allroad 2.7 Biturbo, then a series of company motors including a Volvo XC70 D5 SE Lux.
The current car is a long termer and is an Ex Armed Response V70 T5 which continues to delight and surprise when pressing on, particularly so this week as I've had the brakes renewed and the geometry set up. At 185k it feels like new.

[thebraketester]

djdest said:

Always have been!

To me... the 3 series is about as appealing as a bout of VD... But a 330D Touring in red... yep, I would have that.

[AdamIndy]

V8Wagon said:

I absolutely despise vectras but always thought the GSi wagon/estate/touring was a very good looking car.

I do like an estate. I had an Impreza wrx wagon and loved it!

[TotalControl]

Estates are properly cool. I really miss my Legacy sometimes.

[QROPS]

GravelBen said:

I've always liked them too

Current one:

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