Best luxury Estate up to £7k?

[993kimbo]

Currently have a BMW e46 330i SE Auto Touring. Nice car, ride's a bit hard and very juicy.

Looking to waft - rather than fly - around corners.

Thinking of a Merc of some sort. Even an old one?

Edited by 993kimbo on Friday 6th September 17:07

[Matt UK]

E500 estate?
BMW 550i Touring?
Audi 4.2 Avant?

I think all of these are available in comfort / SE spec before you start getting all sporty with AMG/M/(R)S

Whatever, it sounds like you need a V8!

eta, just noticed you think the 330i is too juicy, so better scratch my ideas - I'll modify them to:
E320 cdi
530d
A6 3.0 tdi

[wemorgan]

Saab 9-5 2.3 LPT. No need to spend as much as £7k though.

Citroen XM estate - very wafftable

[deltashad]

I'd quite like an e500.
Understated well specified model with massive ooooomph... :-)

[Bebee]

If you can live without the estate bit, then these are just about the best luxury 'wafting' value for the sterling!

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/c...

[Zad]

Jaguar X-Type? Option of 2.2 diesel, 2.5 / 3.0 V6 petrol, FWD, 4WD.

[993kimbo]

I suppose a diesel. Anything more than 20 mpg will be a bonus

[deltashad]

Oops. Total ignorance on my ability towards reading an op!

[Tuvra]

Bebee said:

If you can live without the estate bit, then these are just about the best luxury 'wafting' value for the sterling!

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/c...

If you can live without the estate bit, get an XK8 or CL500

[R26Andy]

Lexus rx300? A bit juicy as well. 20mpg round town.

[anonymous-user]

I would say Audi Allroad, Saab 9-5, Volvo V-70

[Bebee]

Here's a Jag well under budget 66k miles

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/j...

[Bebee]

Tuvra said:

Bebee said:

If you can live without the estate bit, then these are just about the best luxury 'wafting' value for the sterling!

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/c...

If you can live without the estate bit, get an XK8 or CL500

cough

[Tannedbaldhead]

I've run an old E Class Estate for the last 5 years and thoroughly recommend them. Perhaps not the best all rounder but if passenger space, driver and passenger comfort and loadspace are your priorities the big Merc is the one to go for.

[993kimbo]

Facelift 2002 model or one before that?

[IceBoy]

I would recommended the E-class s211 (2003+) series cars as well.

I've had mine nearly a year, 2004 model avant-garde, 320cdi with a Angel remap.

Average over the last 10k is 34mpg. That is all types of driving, kids to schools, rush hour commute, some motorway. In fact it does 42mpg at 3rd lane speeds!!

It has leather, satnav, heated seats,tv, DVD sensors, fancy lights, air suspension, soft close auto boot lid & cover & too much more to list!

Luxury, pace & grace. Best 5k you can spend. For your budget you might get an 06 car.

Iceboy
600+ nm of torque !!!

[993kimbo]

Just what I was thinking.

Quite hard to find though. Not that many about surprisingly.

Edited by 993kimbo on Friday 6th September 18:59

[IceBoy]

You could make an offer on mine, as it will be up for sale in a couple of weeks.

This is what I have done:

Full gearbox rebuild with guarantee £2k
Full suspension overhaul £750
Refurbished Alloys £200
Angel Remap

Drop me a PM/email if you like the look, it has more optional equipment than the Star Ship Enterprise !

IceBoy

[993kimbo]

Very nice indeed.

[eltax91]

A bit left field but I've just gone from an e61 525i to a 2.4 petrol accord. Paid 6.2k last week for an 08 plate 58k miles fsh EX model tourer. It's early days but on a long run down to Devon today it's done 37mpg according to the computer. That's nearly as much as the diesels in class!!

The EX model has nav, dual zone climate, electric heated leather, sun roof, btooth and cruise. Also has the electric tailgate and is on 16's so the ride is super smooth.

A lot less trouble with future maintenance with no dpf, dmf, high pressure injectors or turbo!