Any suggestions for a S/H petrol estate or am I mad?

my3cents

Need to think about getting a replacement car and with dogs and a couple of long trips I do a year to the UK an estate would be ideal.

I did have a car lined up but due to a hissy fit my wife had about not having a diesel car that feel through.

So now I'm looking for a petrol estate of some kind and I suspect there aren't many/any around.

Yearly mileage on current heap is only about 6k a year of which half of that is a few long runs in to the UK and back the rest short trips to the shops.

I will of course take a look at what is for sale in the UK as well as here but first I'm trying to decide what models to look for rather than look at every estate I see. Budget is 6K. Will also need to either budget for or include towbar as I tow a small trailer fairly regularly to pick up coal and firewood. Look, styling, comfort, finish and accessories not that important.

Thanks in advance.

irisheddie85

First off no point in looking in this country at all. You'll have to go to the UK to find a petrol estate.

What sort of budget/age of car are you looking for?

colm_mcm

Should be a few i30 and Ceed estates out there in petrol.

bodonnell

have a look on carzone etc, there are a few Subaru petrol cars on there. Outback, Legacy or Forester

pah

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars?fuelType=Petrol&bodyType=Estate&price_to=6100&price_from=3000

Petrol estates on donedeal from 3 to 6k, start there to get some ideas on whats available

dom910

Toyota Avensis 1.8 Valvematic Tourer seems to be one of the main options
I'm not to sure what the tax band for this engine is.

There are also a few Skoda Octavia petrol estate cars out there too.

The choice is not great, diesel totally dominate this segment of cars

my3cents

dom910 wrote: »

Toyota Avensis 1.8 Valvematic Tourer seems to be one of the main options
I'm not to sure what the tax band for this engine is.

There are also a few Skoda Octavia petrol estate cars out there too.

The choice is not great, diesel totally dominate this segment of cars

The Avensis Estate is certainly one thats on my radar atm, but think they are in the €636 tax bracket?

aaakev

Your welcome!

http://www.adverts.ie/13412981

my3cents

aaakev wrote: »

Your welcome!

http://www.adverts.ie/13412981

Spotted that one earlier Looks nice but like something a bit newer, suspect I won't end up with anything as good

Edit> remember now it was the automatic gearbox that also put me off.

But tbh at the moment I'm only tyre kicking while I still have a car with a good few months tax, insurance and NCT so I'm a bit more prepared when the time comes to open the wallet up wide.

aaakev

Ah man auto is the way to go, trust me! The spec and condition of that car would be hard matched by anything else

FUBO

plenty Toyota auris estates around

PCeeeee

aaakev wrote: »

Your welcome!

http://www.adverts.ie/13412981

Were all them fast Legacy's imports or were they sold here?

colm_mcm

FUBO wrote: »

plenty Toyota auris estates around

For 6 grand?

ernielove

Hi. Ok so I own a 2014 Subaru Legacy estate here in Switzerland. Its the 2.5i model with about 180bhp. When I was looking for one our garage man warned us off the diesel version. He said that quite a few had been sold in Switzerland and they have a poor reputation for reliability relative to the petrol model which is 'tried and tested' with the same engine going into the Impreza Forrester XV for the Swiss market. I do about 30,000km a year and the car has not missed a beat since i bought it at one year old in August 2015 with 17,000 on the clock. Its now a 88000km. The comfort and standard equipment levels are very very high. I can highly recommend it in this regard. The Bluetooth is a bit fiddly to set up and there are some build quality issues such as the boot cargo cover having a clip that falls off every time you use it and the cup holders having a partition piece that comes out whenever you but a large water bottle in it. In terms of petrol use, the tank has a range of 800km and I would do about 650km per week. So I fill it every week and it costs with todays prices 80chf per week or a little less. Thats about 80e give or take. But all that is only minor in the overall context. Service is every 15000km. Do not neglect this and make sure the previous Owner has not either., especially if you do plump for the diesel. Cabin noise is quite low but then you miss a little of the boxer burble. I miss it in the winter anyway as I have to run winter tyres which are super hard super noisy but work well on the snow and Ice. Also I would go for 16" alloys. The arches may look a bit starved but your back will be glad of it as the suspension is a touch on the hard side. Handling is quite good but the steering can lack a little bit of 'feel'. The Awd system lets you really push it into the corners and it grips forever. Torque isnt particularly great but they have a good top end. The Manual gearbox is notchy at first and takes some getting used to. But honestly they are beasts on the road and will conceivably allow you in poor road conditions to leave the posse behind. In normal conditions they are not the fastest on the road but certainly not the slowest. They are quite hard to drive with the Awd in traffic as its a permanent system and so the car can be quite jumpy at low speeds. But otherwise the system is simpler and yet far far superior than the Haldex systems on for example VW group cars. If you need to know anything more then PM me