£10k estate car?

broona

It's the DPF I'm worried about, know a lot of people with reasonably modern diesels who've needed them replaced at £1k , whether they do three or thirty three thousand miles a year, so a petrol wipes out that worry for a slightly increased tax price.

AMc

Sure, it smarts a little when you see some are paying £30 to go quickly and you're paying £300.

broona

I look at everything car related on a monthly rather than a yearly basis, so it's £3 a month vs £30 a month, not too bad really.

Still thinking another VRS might be the way forward, decisions, decisions...

AMc

I was quite tempted by the Octavia VRS when I was looking but I didn't want a diesel and petrols seemed very scarce.

broona

I've just had a quick look on Autotrader, loads of Mk3 diesels for under 10k, not many petrol ones though, hopefully a decent one comes up by the time I'm looking to buy.

Bl4ckGryph0n

I'd probably be thinking of something like...

Audi A4 2.0TFSI Quattro Tiptronic - probably remap it as well to make it nice
BMW 320i xDrive perhaps...
Skoda Octavia 2.0TFSI vRS DSG
Skoda Superb 2.0TFSI DSG
Mercedes C350 Sport G-Tronic

From the list above I probably would walk away with a petrol Skoda Octavia vRS as long as it is a clean example.

EndlessWaves

Does 'nice to drive' mean relaxed or sporty? From your candidates I'm guessing the latter.

If so then the Mazda 6, the Ford Focus ST and the 200BHP  Mondeo are the obvious ones missing from your list.

A few of the late Alfa 159s would qualify if you fancy something pretty.


p.s. Mini Clubmans are tiny little things with a boot the size of a fiesta. Nice cars, but not really an estate. If you're willing to stretch the definition that much then there's a lot of hatchbacks that would qualify.

broona

Yeah, nice to drive meaning relatively sporty, 150bhp , but 200  be nice.

Problem with most hatches is the sloping rear window, my lad likes to sit up, and a straight up square estate back end is ideal.

Almost all of the 159s are diesel too, I can only see 1 1.8 petrol on Autotrader, and being that rare, I can only assume they cost a fortune to repair?