Because Estate Car

[Leaky Valve Stem Seal]

Because estate car

[CrouchingWayne]

E60 M5 is one of those cars I think looks better as a saloon, but generally I do agree that an estate offers so much more over a saloon.

[Mr E]

Leaky Valve Stem Seal said:

Because estate car

Nice. Mine was blue (and a bit older). Sold on at 130K and never let us down.
In fact my last 3 estates have been pretty much the same shade of blue.

[Bodie390]

I agree

[Mr E]

Bodie390 said:

I agree

I bottled buying one.
Not sure if I regret it or not.

[p1stonhead]

Mr E said:

Bodie390 said:

I agree

I bottled buying one.
Not sure if I regret it or not.

I so want an M5 touring but I'm way too scared.

[rxe]

How else do you cart a dog around?



Another 156....bought it last year for £380. Now has a remap, coil-overs, stiffened ARBs and an LSD. I'm going to put GTA brakes on it (it needs them, badly), but that will need the 17" GTA alloys, which will give the game away a bit - the current 15" noddy wheels look very benign.

[Mr E]

p1stonhead said:

I so want an M5 touring but I'm way too scared.

If I could only have one car, I'd have probably bought one and rolled the dice.
I'd convinced myself a couple of years ago that they'd bottomed out and I probably want going to lose money in depreciation.
My problem was that the engine is very special, but the number of times I could extend it were rare. And the gearbox only really worked on maximum attack. And it could spit a large I'll at any point. And I had another car for the days I felt like bashing B-Roads.

So I opted for a large slush-o-matic with a magic carpet ride that can spit a large bill at any point.

[Bodie390]

After 21 months of ownership it's never let me down and been an absolute pleasure to own.

I had an oil service on it last November and it brought up a thermostat fault and they replaced it under warranty, no issues and no dramas. I will be extending the warranty come the new year as it's only done 54,000 miles.

It's just a perfect all round car

[sparkythecat]

I've nearly always had an estate car. In chronological history of estate ownership Mini Clubman,
Mk1 Cortina 1500, Mk IV Cortina 1600, Mk II Granada 2.8, Renault 21 Savannah,
BMW E30 325i Touring, BMW E36 328i Touring, BMW E39 530i Touring, Audi A6 3.0TDI Avant

The E39 5 Series was the best drive, The MKII Granada the most capacious and the cheapest to run andmost boring to drive was the Renault.

[Major Fallout]

I'm looking for a house/dog moving estate today. Are early V70s any good?

[anonymous-user]

my PH "legend"


Fills from the Devils pump:


I like how wieldy the smaller tourers are for general driving (far more nimble / sharp than the F series tourings that replaced them) and you can still get quite a bit of stuff in them if you pack well:



Has to be said though, Black is a terrible colour for a car! Looks good for, ooh, about 3/4 of a second then looks dirty again ;-)

[dave_s13]

I've always had estates (or a people carrier). So useful. And because 3 kids. The Merc has the extra 2 seats in the boot which are used daily to seperate the screaming bloody kids.

[g3org3y]

Leins said:

Very nice G3org3y, an E36 touring is a fine looking car, and can't remember the last time I saw a 328 one

Thanks Leins

I must admit, the body is looking a bit scabby, rust and cracked rear bumper. Colleague backed into it at work a few weeks back so got a matching crack on the front bumper too. Mechanically very decent though.

Mr E said:

HustleRussell said:

Why do 50% of all threads have to turn into fking boring finance debates?

It's not 50%. It's 46.7% which means I get more value out of my existing words on finance threads elsewhere, making borrowing the wordsworth it.
If it were 50% or more it would not be worth having the finance thread here, and I would therefore use the finance words that I have in the bank and own the thread outright.

Yes, less of the finance chat and more of this:

Bodie390 said:

I agree

[keemaklan]

Because as a 18 year old with a puppy Rottweiler and a convertible E46, something had to go.

Goodbye BMW, hello Avant; road trips across Europe, dog carrier and a subwoofer big enough to make you want to gag from your tonsils vibrating.




and because Estate 63's are way smarter than the coupe/saloon equivalent..

[Mr E]

Bodie390 said:

After 21 months of ownership it's never let me down and been an absolute pleasure to own.

Tell me it's been a nightmare and cost a fortune. Make me feel better about my past choices.

[alfie2244]

My 1st estate was a Hillman Minx, my current is a Skoda Superb so that's over 40 yrs and I don't think I can remember not owning an estate of one kind or another. They have proved invaluable in towing track cars, moving home and been so useful so many ways.

[horico]

Insignia Sports Tourer (anything but) and a Golf R estate out front. The depressing thing is the Insignia is my daily and the wife and child are always in the Golf.

Might as well hand in all petrolhead points accrued thus far..... but yay, tip runs are simples.

[pidsy]

keemaklan said:

Because as a 18 year old with a puppy Rottweiler and a convertible E46, something had to go.

Goodbye BMW, hello Avant; road trips across Europe, dog carrier and a subwoofer big enough to make you want to gag from your tonsils vibrating.




and because Estate 63's are way smarter than the coupe/saloon equivalent..

I like the avant a lot.

Spec please.

[generationx]

It's an itch I've never scratched. That and a van. Now scouring PH Classifieds...