Which old estate car would you recommend

Sandrock

incensicle wrote: »

We need to think about a new car as ours has barely scapped its mot. We have an old discovery with many many miles on the clock.We were thinking of another old disco as we know what to look for, where to get parts etc but just a normal estate would be probably be better if we could avoid a dog

It needs to be an estate for camping gear.
diesel
under £3000 (nearer £2500)
As it will be a bit elderly at this price second hand parts will need to be easily available. It also needs to be a solid car that will have a bit of life left in it .

Oh husband doesnt want anything 'boring'!

Love to here you suggestions
Thanks in advance!

I've got a Nissan Primera 2.2DI SVE Estate as my winter runabout. It cost me ~£2.5k. It is a bit boring, but very cheap to run (cheap parts, 40ish mpg), solid and has lots of toys inc. Sat Nav etc. Massive load space. It's a 2002 model so not that old and has plenty of life left in it!! 6-speed gear box too so very civilised and quiet on the motorway.

incensicle

Thanks Sandrock thats useful info. Unfortunately they seem pretty rare, only 3 within 100 miles of me and all with 150000 odd miles on clock.

Thanks everyone for the ideas, I'm busy looking them all up !

thistledome

rev_henry wrote: »

Or a Mercedes W124 series? Although those are getting seriously old now, but very well put together.

We've got one of those. They are very robust cars and as they're older they're easy to work on at home. When buying an elderly Mercedes, try and get one with FSH.

Inactive

Skoda Octavia Estate?

Very reliable.

Chippy_Minton_2

thistledome wrote: »

We've got one of those. They are very robust cars and as they're older they're easy to work on at home. When buying an elderly Mercedes, try and get one with FSH.

Easier said than done if they're so easy to work on at home.;)

incensicle

Skoda Octavia - theres one on for £2000 with 7000 miles. thats got to be a mistake surely. Mind you it is white.
I know with skodas you get more car for you money buying them new, but do they maintain their reliability when they' re getting on a bit?

No votes for another landy, I notice.

Inactive

incensicle wrote: »

Skoda Octavia - theres one on for £2000 with 7000 miles. thats got to be a mistake surely. Mind you it is white.
I know with skodas you get more car for you money buying them new, but do they maintain their reliability when they' re getting on a bit?

No votes for another landy, I notice.

What year is it?

Probably 70,000 miles.

hartcjhart

incensicle wrote: »

Skoda Octavia - theres one on for £2000 with 7000 miles. thats got to be a mistake surely. Mind you it is white.
I know with skodas you get more car for you money buying them new, but do they maintain their reliability when they' re getting on a bit?

No votes for another landy, I notice.

yes very reliable

or a vectra diesel estate,no timing belt to worry about

Hintza

Honest John was asked this week for a good cheap estate:- Mondeo 2.90 LX was his suggestion (40mpg on a decent run)

Chippy_Minton_2

Hintza wrote: »

Honest John was asked this week for a good cheap estate:- Mondeo 2.90 LX was his suggestion (40mpg on a decent run)

And dorsetjohn would suggest an E Class, 12 months old and abuse your misses if you disagree.