Please spec me a sensible estate!

Von Luck said:
I've got an Octavia estate in Elegance trim and can recommend it, although I find it weird that anyone buying an estate would then set criteria of 'not that big' - that's kind of the whole point of estates! In hindsight if I were buying now I'd probably go for a Mondeo estate. Not a fan of the v50, friend has one and no matter what I try long trips in the passenger seat are hideously uncomfortable, it's also not that big inside and has a weird dash.
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Octavia is a good shout but with the mileage criteria a petrol makes much more sense than a diesel which rules out 80% of the Octavia Estates on the market. To not avoid being dog slow it really needs to be a 1.8T and that narrows it down to needle in a haystack territory unless you go for the vRS which probably wouldn't be suitable.
 
[FnG]magnolia;17212812 said:
What's a small estate? :confused: Isn't that an oxymoron?
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No?

Why do people think estates are big? They're normally no longer than their saloon/hatch counterparts. Estate is just a body style, a good way of maximizing the potential space from the length available. Small estates do serve a niche purpose, normally surrounding animals
 
iaind said:
No?

Why do people think estates are big? They're normally no longer than their saloon/hatch counterparts. Estate is just a body style, a good way of maximizing the potential space from the length available. Small estates do serve a niche purpose, normally surrounding animals
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Fair enough, I didn't know that. I assumed most estates were longer, taller and boxier. Thanks for the correction :)
 
iaind said:
No?

Why do people think estates are big? They're normally no longer than their saloon/hatch counterparts. Estate is just a body style, a good way of maximizing the potential space from the length available. Small estates do serve a niche purpose, normally surrounding animals
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Actually most estates are longer than the saloon equivekent, if only by a few inches or so. Not enough for someone to crap their pants over it.

Also, I find parking and manoeuvring estates 1000 times easier than the same in saloons.
 
The difference is negligible in most cases though. Most estates are just squared off to provide a more practical load space. The exception tends to be the really small hatches like the aforementioned Clio. The boot of a small hatch is quite square anyway so they tend to be extended lengthways.

Look at the likes of the v50/s40 - almost exactly the same length but infinitely more practical
 
yeah - according to wiki

S40:
2004–05: 175.9
2006–07: 176.2
2008–:176.5 in

V50
2005-07: 4,514 mm (177.7 in)
2008-present: 4,522 mm (178.0 in)
 
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