If you had around £8k for an estate car, what would you pick?

TheWanderer

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Soon (August I think) will be handing back the X-Trail, and as I'm now working from home and just using a car at weekends I've decided just to get a loan and get an old basher estate car.

Any experience from the SMBers for any of the following, I like the looks of the Volvo the best, and looks like with FSH they go well onto 100,000+ miles, needs to be big enough for 5 people (2 in booster seats) and a dog, any alternatives to these that I should consider, I may push the budget a bit:

2012 Volvo V60 R-Design 1.6, 2012 with 62,000 @ £7600
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201903186012952

2012 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 SPORT TDI with 68,000 @ £8000
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201904026532959

2013 SKODA Octavia 2.0 BLACKLINE VRS TDI with 72,500 @ £8500
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201903075648040

2013 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi ECO Titanium X with 40,000 @ £8500
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201904026520420
 


0verlord44 said:
I have a 2011 BMW 5 series estate (touring) and its a great estate. tons of space, ver comfy and very practical in the back. And 8k would get you a decent one
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Is the reliability there though? I'd stay clear of the Passat like , know a few people who had them and they were constantly in the garage.
 
I would go for the Passat from that list mesel. I have a Merc E-class estate that I bought seven years ago for £7k. It’s now 14yrs old with about 170k on the clock and still drives like a new car. Had some big bills along the way like.
 
Size wise I’d go for the Skoda Superb estate.

An Octavia estate that you’re looking at only has 20 more litres boot space than the Octavia hatch.

Edit - you could also consider a Honda Civic Tourer. Massive boot space.
 
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