MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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Bucking the trend. I have a T5.1 camper, 45k on the clock...but having owned it for a year, we are simply not using it like we hoped.
It doesn't help that my wife works shifts as a nurse, I have a lad who plays Sunday football, a daughter that goes to dance classes...you get the picture.
Looking at selling van and having either an Octavia VRS estate, or Focus ST estate.
Any other sporty estates I should be looking at? Budget about £20k, don't want a PCP...would like no older than 2 years and as low mileage as poss....
5 series?
Mmmmm. [url= http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201408306994392/sort/atcustom/postcode/dy67sd/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/body-type/estate/model/5_series/maximum-age/up_to_2_years_old/page/1/price-to/22500/usedcars/make/bmw/radius/1501?logcode=p ]This[/url] is nice, loads posher than the other two, but a bit slower...
Blimey. I'm going the other way round.
I have ordered a VW Cali for next March and pulled the short straw with the Wife so losing my "beloved" Volvo V70 estate. Sadly no good for you as its a 1560cc diesel (60mpg and £30VED!)
b r - Member
5 series?
Read his criteria… won't get an equal 5 series performance wise for all that!
I miss my car 🙁
I saw a small practical looking Volvo today that looked like an Audi if that's any help - although probably not..
I should add that the Volvo did look very nice, as do Audi's, which was the main reason I looked at it.
I recently got a brand new Focus and I would LOVE to own the ST version. I have the lowest powered diesel but it's still a joy to drive and built very well. It handles better than any car I've driven so far.
The top of the range Focus's look great as well - a ST or Titaniium X with nice wheels would be very nice.
A Mondeo Titanium X in red or blue also looks fantastic.
Also you don't see as many of the top end Fords around (badge snobbery) so they are now quite unusual. A much wiser choice than the boring VAG group cars IMHO.
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Octavia a bit bigger, Focus a tiny bit faster.
Whichever you get the better deal on.
I went from van to Volvo V70. T5 then Merc Vito and now car. I miss my van, just so damn practical, but neither vans did 50+mpg. On a plus side I can go to the tip now whenever I want. On the down side you can't get five bikes and a kayak on/in a car.
I do miss my van..........heavy sigh.