Looked smart too, I just added a Sport grill to brighten up the front end.
I need a new car. My current one is an Alfa 147 2.0 petrol. I've been looking at Lexus is 200 and Mitsubishi galants but could really do with an estate or one with quite alot of boot space so i can fit a few cases in and the dog family. I don't want something ordinary like a vectra or mondeo and can spend up to £4000. Any ideas?
I'm sure you could get a Galant estate, or one I've been looking at recently the Nissan Stagea (I've been told to think Skyline
estate)
Is size really a factor? I mean is it a case of fit the dog/some bags/etc or the whole lot at once?
Yes you can get an estate which is what i'm looking at. I also know about the stagea as i used to own an R33 skyline but they are all a bit old, i'm after something no older that 02 reg. Size is really quite a big factor, we go to Devon quite a bit to visit my parents and have 3 small dogs so need somewhere to fit a cage for them all.
Volvo, job done
Can't bring myself to get a Volvo, i'm only 31.
BMW estate?
Laguna estate?
Vulva estate?
Galant - (I like those b ut never driven one)
Subaru Forester (or other estate)?
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Originally posted by Davegtst
Can't bring myself to get a Volvo, i'm only 31.
I had an IS200 for a daily driver for 2 years. Was a good lil car, I did about 30k in it, never skipped a beat, a new battery and a couple of services
was all it needed. Drank fuel though. Expect 25-30mpg which isnt much for a 150bhp engine. Was very drift happy though
Looked smart too, I just added a Sport grill to brighten up the front end.
Is200 is definatly my favorite. Is there much boot space in the saloon as i probably wouldn't get an estate version. The 147 is crap on fuel
too it does around 30 to the gallon on a motorway run. Petrol isn't an issue for me though.
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bmw e39 530i sport touring. 250bhp/lsd/34mpg on a run
Haven't seen any decent beemers under my budget with less miles that the starship enterprise.
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bmw e39 530i sport touring. 250bhp/lsd/34mpg on a run
My daughter had an IS 200 saloon, lovely car but not big
If you're after loads of space.. Kia Sedona?
Further to that autotrader is throwing up a few other options, Citroen C5? I know the hatch is massive in the back..
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IS200 had good boot space, but being a saloon, its practicality is limited. A ski hatch is handy, but i did miss a folding/split seat that hatchbacks
have. The IS200 estate (called something fancy like sporthatch, or wagon?) looks to have a decent boot though:
just rarer and slightly less attractive. Still better than ur average estate car.
No thanks about the Kia, not after a people carrier only a wife and dogs carrier.
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Yhe Lexus IS200 are great cars. Thier only down side is... smallest boot you'll find for that size of car (saloon and estate).
SAAB 95 Estate. Add a bit of tunning from Abbott Racing, Elk, Hirsch or DIY and have a car the carries it all and punches 350-500 BHP. They will run
to 150-200K miles as well, even tweaked. Very low penny count per BHP 
OK OK I'm bias I admit it
I have a shed load of SAAB's and live 500 meters from Abbott's.... but the above is all true honest!
Arent the Saabs just a redressed Vectra?
OK the IS is a redressed Toyota, but at least thats a half decent car in the first place!
''Can't bring myself to get a Volvo, i'm only 31.'' So? I've got a Rover 800 and I'm under 70.
If you
won't come to your senses and get a Mondeo estate a Volvo's a great second choice. I was only 35 when I had a Volvo mind you I did inherit
it.
I have one you may like !!!
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I like the way you say "I want a car that fits the wife, dog and suitcase" then "I'd quite like a Lexus with a boot the size of a
tinder box"
You can get doggie seatbelts though
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''Can't bring myself to get a Volvo, i'm only 31.'' So? I've got a Rover 800 and I'm under 70.
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Originally posted by Davegtst
Can't bring myself to get a Volvo, i'm only 31.
4000!? Likely a Bedford van?
Saab.....
Not really keen on Saabs. I don't know why but i don't like the dashboards.
Volvos don't suit youngsters at all. I'm 27 and have 3. None, I meant none. I'd play it safe with the lexus.
Phase 1 Skoda Octavia VRS estate vag reliability and has to be the thinking man's car.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2509435.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2427568.htm
Anothet pig ugly Volvo for you.
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Anothet pig ugly Volvo for you.