Estate car for £3k

[Emz]

There is a possibility that me and the fiance are going to need an estate instead of his 172. We'll have about £3000 to spend. What would you buy or what do you think looks good for the money etc..

 

[Arran]

I might have a nice Saab 9-5 estate for sale, bargain price of £1500. 2.3t, so should be nearly as quick if not quicker than the 172! Have a look in the For Sale section, I haven't put any pictures up yet as I am waiting for the 100% go ahead about selling from my father in law.

 

[Foxspeed]

diesel estates of ford mondeo and vauxhall vectra

or even megane dci or look at volvo estates

you will be a bit limited as there arent that many estate type cars about

 

[Gandy]

avoid the 1.7 dci engine in vauxhalls...its useless!!

 

[Adrian]

Personally I would stick with an Audi A4 (possibly A6 if you can find one) or a 3 series BMW. Honda Accord is also a good one as is Skoda Octavia and any Volvo.

 

[Foxspeed]

Personally I would stick with an Audi A4 (possibly A6 if you can find one) or a 3 series BMW. Honda Accord is also a good one as is Skoda Octavia and any Volvo.

whilst the "german" stuff is supposed to be more reliable when they go wrong and they do its expensive - whereas the fords and vauxhalls are usually cheap to fix as they are quite common as well

you will also get a newer car for the money than the german stuff....still a minefield out there!!

 

[N0ddie]

avoid the 1.7 dci engine in vauxhalls...its useless!!

I actually think the one in my Corsa is very good :kiss:

Maybe not in a bigger car, but in my Corsa it does the trick.

 

[jase]

What about a skoda fabia estate or 206 estate.

 

[Paul]

The newer Fabia estates are ridiculously economical, had one when I moved house was still doing 75mpg on the m'way with a triple wardrobe in the boot LOL! Not too sure how new they will be for £3k though

 

[BenW]

Mondeo or focus estate, both great cars. I had a focus 2.0 TDCi for a while and loved it, plenty of poke and handles suprisingly well

 

[Emz]

Thanks for all the advice and recommendations. :clap:
We've had a quick look on Autotrader and quite like these lot..
MG ZT-T
Peugeot 407
Audi A4/6
Honda Accord
BMW 3 series
Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 CDTi

I also don't mind the Mondeo but he's not keen at all. I never thought of a Fabia so will look into that.

 

[BenW]

I've driven a diesel 407 estate and didn't think too much of it, very soft suspension and massive turbo lag. You wouldn't enjoy it coming from the clio.

My dad once had a rover 75 with the 2 litre diesel, it's actually a bmw engine so performs well. It was reliable too and the interior comfortable, generally a good car and no doubt a bargain.

 

[Arran]

MG ZT is meant to be a very good car. My old man had a Vectra with the 1.9 CDTi 150 engine in and it went like a train. We had a 406 estate that was great, but I couldn't stomach a 407, those mouths just make me feel sick! Lol!

 

[Emz]

lol i don't mind the 407 because it looks different, its not your average looking car. I'll be keeping my 197 or buying a Megane 175 so we'll still have a hot/warm hatch in the family. I do really like the MG seeing as i've had 2 MG's already and being the BMW engine is a major bonus.

 

[Robo_#1]

To be honest with 3k to spend I wouldn't bother with a better or an Audi, theyll have horrendous amounts of mileage and servicing and fixing them ain't cheap. I dont think you can go wrong witha mondeo, there's plenty around.

 

[Robo_#1]

Oh and for god sake stay well away from 407's. Easily the worst car I've ever been in or driven, it fell to bits and cost a fortune in repairs, we had one at work and got rid and swore not to buy Peugeot again...

 

[gazb197]

My next door neighbour has a 55 plate 407 estate and it's done 260,000 miles and has never missed a beat! (ex taxi)

 

[Demic]

I've just got mi sen a mk1 Skoda Octavia vRS estate. Nice car, rapid enough and with a bit of a 'Q' car about it. Returning just over 30mpg in mixed driving and closer to 40 on a long run.

Despite having 80k and being over 8yrs old it feels far more solid than my brand new Clio ever did and certainly doesn't rattle as much!