Most reliable petrol estate car for £5K

I’ve a 2007 2.0 Subaru Legacy estate. It’s just been such a great car for over a decade. I do pretty low mileage so the 27mpg doesn’t bother me. Yes it’s slow and thirsty but it’s the space, sound, comfort, fun and the fact it’s quite unusual that I love. Can’t see me parting with it until it’s knackered.

Toyota Avensis. You can moonlight as a taxi driver and you won’t need another. I looked at newer petrol hybrid, but the battery eats boot space and a dog cage wouldn’t fit.

It’s unusual for a car thread to have a definitive answer – but it has to be an Avensis, doesn’t it?

Did you pick anything up yet OP?

I was in a Corolla estate Uber last week. Nice car

The driver said the non-hybrid had much more luggage space