Quick, cheap and reliable estate..

[podgeorge]

Recently moved to London and I am finding myself regularly doing longer journeys for surfing and other sporting activities with my mates..

Always had a strong hankering to own a speedy estate car.. of course the dream is a B7 RS4 but that's out of my price range.

What estate would you buy for under £5K? Petrol and manual are a must, oh and the more fun the better!

Cheers

[DSLiverpool]

Subaru Legacy or outback - 3.0 even sounds great

[Momentofmadness]

Go big or go home !

Raid the piggy bank or visit moneysupermarket then get haggling

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...



More budget friendly option:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Edited by Momentofmadness on Tuesday 23 May 20:34

[ZX10R NIN]

Ford Mondeo 2.5T Ghia 32k

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Ford Mondeo 2.5T Titanium FFSH 76k

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Ford Mondeo ST220 88k

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Volvo V50 T5 SE Lux 84k

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

2008 Saab 9-3 2.0T Aero 60k

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

[NickCQ]

DSLiverpool said:

Subaru Legacy or outback - 3.0 even sounds great

Great shout. Borrowed one of these the other weekend for a long trip and it was quite amusing. Can pick up decently optioned ones for peanuts as well.

[SebringMan]

Mondeo 2.5T Estate if you can look past the badge.

The gearbox change can show a BMW a thing or 2 about what a good 'box is, the engine sounds great albeit subdued and with the right car they go on for a while. If you really want to you can turn up the wick a bit too but they are fine as they are. Our family have two of them from them enjoying the first alot ; they are quite a different experience from a 2.0TDCi.

They were cheaper also a while back but it seems values have firmed up lately. I was looking to buy one and it seems they have stopped dropping .

[Bill]

DSLiverpool said:

Subaru Legacy or outback - 3.0 even sounds great

Auto only, unless you get a Spec B...

[Stickyfinger]

Citroen C5 Exclusive

[DoubleD]

Stickyfinger said:

Citroen C5 Exclusive

Fun and fast?

[Stickyfinger]

Yep.....HA3 suspension and with the v6 TDI quite fast..

[DoubleD]

"Must be petrol"

[Stickyfinger]

DoubleD said:

"Must be petrol"

Missed that....fair play

[NickdeBug]

If you can look past the slightly dated interior then the Saab 9-3 SportCombi 2.8 V6 Aero with a stage 1 Hirsch remap will give you 275bph and 400nm torque. Even on the 2.0T there is power to spare. Aero gives a slightly firm ride so might be worth looking out for XWD, although they are like hen's teeth.

It's quite a bit to put through the front wheels but plenty quick, XWD would help.

Extremely comfortable car so London to Newquay will be a breeze.

Lower mileage examples are getting harder to find though.

[vtecyo]

Toyota Caldina.

If you can find one...

[seiben]

I spent a bit more on a late low-miler but they can easily be had for your budget - Impreza WRX wagon.

Mine's been doing sterling service! https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Not as big as the Legacy of course, but you can get plenty in it still.

[Jimmy Recard]

Vectra VXR is all those things

[ZX10R NIN]

Can you get the VXR Estate for 5k? They're a good car but both it & the 2.8T Saab fall foul of the £520 road tax

[Jimmy Recard]

ZX10R NIN said:

Can you get the VXR Estate for 5k? They're a good car but both it & the 2.8T Saab fall foul of the £520 road tax

Hmm, good point. It might just be hatches at that price

It depends on when it was registered I know of quite a few 93 V6 Aeros that are old enough to be £305 tax

[ZX10R NIN]

I know but you never see the 55 plates up for sale