As everyone else does it.... What car?

[Donatello]

Selling one of our cars at the moment and want to keep our Mk1 Golf safe during the winter months. Looking for a car with the following criteria:

- Estate/4x4
- Motorway comfort must be decent
- Big boot (for the dog)
- Plenty of rear seat leg room for either luggage or passengers
- Reliable (well, as long as I won't be replacing bits every month I'm not too worried about this)
- Mpg not vital but would be nice to see it above 30mpg a majority of the time
- A bit of power wouldn't hurt
- A few toys would be nice
- BUDGET - £5k

This is because we borrowed my OH's Dad's W-reg Audi A6 1.8T for a weekend away and it was huge, made me decide a bigger car makes sense with the dog. We also do a few long journeys during the course of the year so motorway comfort would be nice

Cheers

[Donatello]

Anyone? Just a chance for you all to trawl classifieds!

[Luke.]

Subaru Outback

[frosted]

An a6 avant obviously

[Donatello]

frosted said:

An a6 avant obviously

haha I wondered how long it would take, unfortunately, not sure I would find a sub 100k miles car within budget with suitable spec?

[Gad-Westy]

A mint E39 530i Touring sounds like it would fit the bill nicely.

[mnkiboy]

Isn't this what the Volvo V70 was made for? Not sure on prices but you should be able to get something half decent for £5K, and there's a good range of petrol or diesel engines to suit your budget.

[Donatello]

Is there going to be a HUGE difference between the A4 Avant to an A6 Avant? I want enough room for people to sit in the back seat comfortably behind me (6'3") and the dog to be comfortable in the boot.

[hardcorehobbit]

Sounds like you're describing a Volvo V70. It does everything you ask for.

Failing that, a good E39 would fit in fine.

[Donatello]

Cheers for the suggestions guys, any answers to the A4 - A6 question above?

[edo]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

[edo]

Big difference in the back between a4 and a6.

[falkster]

Audi Allroad! Dirt cheap due to people scared to death about the air springs failing. 55 plate tdi on eBay fully loaded went a couple of days ago for £2700! Better equiped than an A6 avant plus £2k cheaper for same year!

[Goldmember1]

Would agree with Luke ,go for a Subaru Outback or Legacy.
They've huge boots , reliable , go for the 3.0ltr H6 which is the top model so all mod cons , power is 208 bhp old model / 238bhp newer shape ( approx), they will average 30mpg on the motorway , very comfy , and good room in the back , plus it's AWD as a bonus