Best estate car - no more than £8k

[Legend83]

- reliable
- appeals to a petrol head
- not earth-shatteringly expensive to service/fix
- good load lugger
- MPG not an issue

Opinions please!

[thinfourth2]

A subuaru Legacy 3 litre

[Classic Grad 98]

Octavia VRS?

[Dr Interceptor]

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3253809.htm

That one

[0077]

Not sure if it will fall into your definition of 'reliable' but i'd be looking at an Alfa 159 3.2 V6 Q4 SW

Or an Alpina B10 Touring perhaps!

[Watchman]

thinfourth2 said:

A subuaru Legacy 3 litre

The winner.

[Legend83]

Watchman said:

The winner.

Love these but there are so few available in the spec I want and within 250 miles of where I live!

[Liquid Knight]

Nissan Stagea?

[mmcd87]

Mondeo ST220.
Vectra VXR.
Saab 9-3 or 9-5 Aero.
Volvo T5.

[SWoll]

mmcd87 said:

Mondeo ST220.

This.

Ticks all of your boxes.

[JulesV]

MG ZT-T 260.

[Johnboy Mac]

SWoll said:

mmcd87 said:

Mondeo ST220.

This.

Ticks all of your boxes.

My choice too.

[Watchman]

Legend83 said:

Love these but there are so few available in the spec I want and within 250 miles of where I live!

Worth traveling for. One day out of your life for a car you'll live with for x years (I've had mine now for 5 years).

[Ved]

Watchman said:

thinfourth2 said:

A subuaru Legacy 3 litre

The winner.

The champion!

[simer553]

Watchman said:

thinfourth2 said:

A subuaru Legacy 3 litre

The winner.

+1. Got one and it's the dogs danglies

[TIGA84]

Biased of course and providing MPG really isn't an issue - Legnum VR4.

[a_bread]

mmcd87 said:

Mondeo ST220.

Yes either that or a 330i touring

[Mr E]

0077 said:

Not sure if it will fall into your definition of 'reliable' but i'd be looking at an Alfa 159 3.2 V6 Q4 SW

Not large.

We've just replaced a 156 sportwagon with this;

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

Nearly 5 meters long. 1600 litres of load space with the seats flat. Lots of toys. Lots of shove. Not a lot of money.

Obviously the other option is a E39 540 touring.

Edited by Mr E on Tuesday 10th January 11:43

[GravelBen]

Legacy

Either the 3.0 or 2.0 turbo - turbo is quicker (280 vs 240bhp) but the 3.0 is a lovely smooth motor.

[Luke.]

Had an Outback for the last year. Best car I've ever owned. 3.0 six cylinder engine and all the toys. Love it. Been pretty faultless too. Plus, it punts along nicely. Think they've all got LSD as standard.