Real Estate for the family man

[brachunky]

I'm one of those individuals who although now definitely middle age, has always had an attraction to the station wagon or estate as we know them. In recent years a car had to have multiple purposes for me as well which of coarse, the estate fulfills pretty well as a people carrier or goods carrier.
For the last 2 years my XC70 has been a fantastic mule which incidentally also shifts along quite nicely
Although my AWD XC70 is a bit harder to mod like a suspension drop, I do fancy spending a few quid on her at some point as she's worth it!

So the mind starts to wander about estate potential

[grizz]

Long roofs for ever.

[robdhc]

Never got this to where I wanted it (and seemingly never got any decent photos) but is200/300 sportcross has always seemed a good base





Not too modern but with some of the luxuries a modern brings, practical and reliable enough, accessible spares, increasing uncommon especially in manual (but now also increasingly expensive)

Also the marmite back-end to decide on

[misteralz]

Watching with interest, as our two are hitting puberty and longer trips in the mk5 GTI are starting to feel a bit cramped, even with the roof box. I want an RS4, but need to build a good case for it...

[brachunky]

Sept 4, 2023 7:01:32 GMT misteralz said:

Watching with interest, as our two are hitting puberty and longer trips in the mk5 GTI are starting to feel a bit cramped, even with the roof box. I want an RS4, but need to build a good case for it...

Non retro content but bleedin glorious!

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

My B5.5 Passat, 1.9 PD 130 mapped to 180.
On 18" Vw steelies at 200,000 miles

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

Unfortunately as it stands now under the tarp of shame.
It will be back and better 

[akku]

slackerTHEpinstriper said:
Unfortunately as it stands now under the tarp of shame.
It will be back and better

Blimey, what happened there?

[akku]

I've had this old beast of a wagon a few years now, not where I want to be with it on a bunch of reasons but its got a decently running 390 FE / C6 / 9" and I love it

[braaap]

Sept 4, 2023 10:15:29 GMT slackerTHEpinstriper said:

Unfortunately as it stands now under the tarp of shame.
It will be back and better 

I remember You asking for Moon Eyes details.
Instead of replacing all that glass, You might also go panel van.

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

Sept 4, 2023 10:37:41 GMT akku said:

slackerTHEpinstriper said:
Unfortunately as it stands now under the tarp of shame.
It will be back and better

Blimey, what happened there?

Customer dispute

[brachunky]

Customer dispute? Holy cow, that's evil!!

[akku]

slackerTHEpinstriper said:


Blimey, what happened there?

Customer dispute

I have no words!  

[HARDCORE]

I am a wagon man for life.


Current daily / ongoing project:









Previous daily C270 CDi (was a parts car for the above really, but I ended up using it for a while)





Previous previous daily Saab 9-5 Aero HOT







Previous previous previous daily Audi 80 TDi







Previous previous previous previous daily Audi 80 2.0







Etc...

[tofufi]

Volvo are the daddy of practical estates...



My 740. Utterly reliable, 45MPG on a motorway run. What's not to like?

[rysz]

Wagons are the best cars.

My 325 that has been through the wars, has risen from the dead and just suits me very well indeed. Power, handling and I can haul stuff!

Rysz.

[Motorama]

57 Mercury Colony Park has been my local daily driver for the last 12 months, has a later injected 350 V8 with a 700R4 trans, power steering and brakes, seats 8/9 people, pillarless too

[qwerty]

One of my favourite cars, would have it back in a heartbeat. Estates are just cool.

Tom

[norm75]

Had three Volvo wagons, the best of which was a phase 1 v40 t4. Bit of a sleeper with 200bhp used to surprise a few quick cars.

current car is a Subaru legacy gt spec b wr limited. J import and only made in this spec for one year, around 270 brake and fairly rapid.

can’t seem to upload pics since the forum update

[norm75]