Estate or SUV?

Scania said:
Estate.


Loving the practicality of my lowly Focus, I’m replacing all the carpets in my house this coming weekend, last weekend I removed all the old ones, cut them up and took the lot to the tip in one trip (I’d assumed it would take at least two)

Unless you live up a mountain an SUV / 4x4 seems pointless to me.
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What’s funny here is that rich people don’t bother with estates as they would just drive to the shop in their 2 seater and get the carpet delivered.
 
I have a Passat estate for work and a Mazda CX5 as family car. Both are good. Tbh the high seating position and equipment on the Mazda wins it for me but the estate is more useful for carrying stuff.

I'll have a decent saloon next though.
 
You mean removed? I took my carpet and vinyl to the tip in my Velar. Fitted wanted £350 for removal and disposal.

I’m not rich but I’m not stupid with money like most people!
 
I would just test drive them and see which you prefer to drive and is practical for your needs. I drive a Tiguan which we take abroad, has a good high up driving position and it is very comfortable for long journeys with plenty of passenger space inside.
 
jpaul said:
brick like air resistance of the suv versus the estate too ... so you're maybe 40 vs 50 at the pumps for >=A roads.
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That's true but mine will average around 55 MPG on a mainly motorway or A road journey driving at the speed limit assuming you are not continually getting caught in traffic jams etc. and stopping a lot.
 
I had a baby and so bought a Cayenne. Found it was too big for central london and just over kill so bought a Mini Countryman which works well but I’m probably going to try a focus instead.

But one child you really don’t need a huge car if you get a pram that folds down into a small package
 
pioneer2000 said:
What’s funny here is that rich people don’t bother with estates as they would just drive to the shop in their 2 seater and get the carpet delivered.
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Strange that given I know a rather rich person with an e61 M5 estate along with his Ferrari GTC4 Lusso (as close as you’ll get to a Ferrari estate) he uses his M5 as his garden rubbish transport...

Does it himself rather than paying someone else to do things, probably why he has such a collection in the first place.

Im not rich, happy with my little Focus estate and it’s practically, which I think was the topic of this thread rather than estate owners wealth, no?
 
andicole0 said:
Our Q5 is much more useful than our A6 estate, particularly given the state of roads where we live.
Andi.
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That is a fair consideration and I admit that the ride/comfort of the XC60 is better than the 5 Series, but I could definitely carry more stuff in the 5 Series.
 
Wow this thread turned into people being offended for the sake of being offended????

It looks like the estate wins, on here. I will be going to just go look at a few over the weekend and look at them just on space and practically alone before narrowing my search even more. I think i will add in search a Q5, Q7 and XF estate even if the XF is just out of reach at the moment. Just to increase my sample size.
 
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