Which German estate?
Discussion
Felters said:
Had both.
BMW is a nicer car to drive - I had the 320d. A4 is a bit roomier. The only problem with the BMW is that it is useless if it snows at all. We live up on a hill and two winters ago it sat on the drive for two weeks. HTH.
Same here, I had a 328 coupe and loved the car in the dry but on snow or ice it was useless. I'd still pick a BMW over a 2wd Audi, a quattro is a different matter.BMW is a nicer car to drive - I had the 320d. A4 is a bit roomier. The only problem with the BMW is that it is useless if it snows at all. We live up on a hill and two winters ago it sat on the drive for two weeks. HTH.
stewies_minion said:
Sorry fella. Naive.
I'd say Passat or bigger for twins. A twin buggy may just fit in the boot of a 3 or an A4...
...but that's the tip of a Metric f
kton sized iceberg.
RS6 if you need to get anywhere at speed..?
Right so folks - hit me with options for a twin mover for London.I'd say Passat or bigger for twins. A twin buggy may just fit in the boot of a 3 or an A4...
...but that's the tip of a Metric f
kton sized iceberg. RS6 if you need to get anywhere at speed..?
I just think an e61 is overkill.....
stewies_minion said:
Sorry fella. Naive.
I'd say Passat or bigger for twins. A twin buggy may just fit in the boot of a 3 or an A4...
...but that's the tip of a Metric fkton sized iceberg.
This was my initial thought as well.I'd say Passat or bigger for twins. A twin buggy may just fit in the boot of a 3 or an A4...
...but that's the tip of a Metric f
kton sized iceberg. We have a single small human. And a large estate car. We fill the car reasonably regularly.
I think we'd be irritated quite often with anything smaller (I'm sure we'd survive; first world problems and all that).
We had twins in 2011.
We looked at:
- 3 series estate
- Subaru Legacy
- 5 series estate
- Merc E Class
- Saab 9-5
- Volvo V70
- Octavia
- Mondeo Estate
The 3 series boot was pathetic for our needs, the Legacy not much better. The 5 series and E Class were definitely better; the other four adequate if a little uninspiring.
Say goodbye to using the middle seat on any of these cars though as the car seats will protrude to much either side.
We ended up with a 2.5T Ford S Max - go figure....
Good luck!
We looked at:
- 3 series estate
- Subaru Legacy
- 5 series estate
- Merc E Class
- Saab 9-5
- Volvo V70
- Octavia
- Mondeo Estate
The 3 series boot was pathetic for our needs, the Legacy not much better. The 5 series and E Class were definitely better; the other four adequate if a little uninspiring.
Say goodbye to using the middle seat on any of these cars though as the car seats will protrude to much either side.
We ended up with a 2.5T Ford S Max - go figure....
Good luck!
Irish said:
Thanks Legend.
Anyone have any thought on the Volvo XC60?
A decent car, likely to be more reliable than the much maligned XC90. The only thing that put us off was the very high rear windows - children would not be able to see out of them which I could imagine would not help car sickness / whinging etc!Anyone have any thought on the Volvo XC60?
Forget the A4 (I have experience) and by implication the 3. The issue isn't so much the boot space, but the rear seat space. Once the kids are in forward facing seats, there just won't be enough room behind the driver for he or she to sit comfortably if he or she is above about 5' 8".
By getting an A6/5/E class you are not only solving the space issue but getting far more for your money as these cars are respectively better value second hand than their "premium exec" sized alternatives.
The other consideration is that once the kids are nursery aged (say, 3+) you'll spend your weekend ferrying them and their little mates around. To do so, and also if you want to take nanny/grandparents/any one else around with you, you have to have a 7 seater as the middle seat will be unusable. Unless you fancy changing cars again in a few years you may as well bite the bullet and take the hit now...
1) People carrier (S-MAX is by a country mile the best bet)
2) 7 seat SUV (personally a used X5, but the new Hyundai is a belter apparently)
If it must be an estate, the bigger the better.
By getting an A6/5/E class you are not only solving the space issue but getting far more for your money as these cars are respectively better value second hand than their "premium exec" sized alternatives.
The other consideration is that once the kids are nursery aged (say, 3+) you'll spend your weekend ferrying them and their little mates around. To do so, and also if you want to take nanny/grandparents/any one else around with you, you have to have a 7 seater as the middle seat will be unusable. Unless you fancy changing cars again in a few years you may as well bite the bullet and take the hit now...
1) People carrier (S-MAX is by a country mile the best bet)
2) 7 seat SUV (personally a used X5, but the new Hyundai is a belter apparently)
If it must be an estate, the bigger the better.
We've got one, now 4 months, and have an E39 touring. It's nice that whenever we've gone away for a week or a weekend, we don't have to load up past the window line.
When we went away for 10 days, I drove, the wife sat behind me and the boy behond the passenger seat. We put a bag in the passenger footwell, on the passenger seat and had the boot full to the window line.
You could do all that and have two sprogs, filling it up to the roof, but you might appreciate not having to.
However, as someone has mentioned, there is the issue of the seats being rear facing for the first few months. With twins, I would have thought you would want to put Mum in the middle, so she can apply bottles, dummies, toys, muslin cloths etc to either.
For that you're looking for something with 3 full sized seats I think. And that leads you down the MPV route, probably.
When we went away for 10 days, I drove, the wife sat behind me and the boy behond the passenger seat. We put a bag in the passenger footwell, on the passenger seat and had the boot full to the window line.
You could do all that and have two sprogs, filling it up to the roof, but you might appreciate not having to.
However, as someone has mentioned, there is the issue of the seats being rear facing for the first few months. With twins, I would have thought you would want to put Mum in the middle, so she can apply bottles, dummies, toys, muslin cloths etc to either.
For that you're looking for something with 3 full sized seats I think. And that leads you down the MPV route, probably.
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