Steve
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In December I started having ideas of getting rid of the 7 seater and replace it with a large estate car. My daughter is tall enough now that she is comfortable in a booster cushion and being over 125cm its fine with the new car seat laws that are to come in soon. The wife wasnt over keen on the idea, but I managed to talk her round. Although the Alhambra was unbelieveably practical, it was boring as hell to drive and I craved a change after 3 years of it.
So wanting a large fast petrol estate and budget of under £2500 it didnt give me a lot of options really. The only other car I tested was a V70 2.4T, but it just didnt feel very quick, and after advice from @purplea4T I gave that a miss (thanks again). I had thought of maybe an older A6 2.7t Avant, but even finding a one, never mind a good one would have been difficult. Mondeo St220 would have been a option to, but seem pretty hard to find now and ones that were for sale seemed rough over the water.
I always liked the 9-5 and pined after both @mrloaf and @Boabybooster 's old ones. Knowing Gary's one was for sale previuosly I decided to send a PM to see if he would let it go. My brother and I then drove up on the Sunday morning and we came back with it. Thanks to Gary for agreeing to let it go!
Plans? Probably not a lot really. Just keep it maintained and hopefully it will be reliable. Just getting used to fuel consumption going down a bit from the bus! I really am enjoying it so far.
A few pics below from yesterdays wash and a couple of small things I have already done to it.
Some interior shots. Also got an Alpine Bluetooth headunit for it.
All kid seats accounted for.
Got some green LED heated seat switches as the old ones were missing.
Silver indicator bulbs are a must! Also replaced the yellow sidelight bulbs for white ones. Headlight out job ffs!
Got some Hammerhead alloys off @purplea4T for a bagain price. I have some winter tyres to go on them for next year when I get round to giving them a couple of coats with a rattle can.
Finally a dirty work car park pic.
So wanting a large fast petrol estate and budget of under £2500 it didnt give me a lot of options really. The only other car I tested was a V70 2.4T, but it just didnt feel very quick, and after advice from @purplea4T I gave that a miss (thanks again). I had thought of maybe an older A6 2.7t Avant, but even finding a one, never mind a good one would have been difficult. Mondeo St220 would have been a option to, but seem pretty hard to find now and ones that were for sale seemed rough over the water.
I always liked the 9-5 and pined after both @mrloaf and @Boabybooster 's old ones. Knowing Gary's one was for sale previuosly I decided to send a PM to see if he would let it go. My brother and I then drove up on the Sunday morning and we came back with it. Thanks to Gary for agreeing to let it go!
Plans? Probably not a lot really. Just keep it maintained and hopefully it will be reliable. Just getting used to fuel consumption going down a bit from the bus! I really am enjoying it so far.
A few pics below from yesterdays wash and a couple of small things I have already done to it.
Some interior shots. Also got an Alpine Bluetooth headunit for it.
All kid seats accounted for.
Got some green LED heated seat switches as the old ones were missing.
Silver indicator bulbs are a must! Also replaced the yellow sidelight bulbs for white ones. Headlight out job ffs!
Got some Hammerhead alloys off @purplea4T for a bagain price. I have some winter tyres to go on them for next year when I get round to giving them a couple of coats with a rattle can.
Finally a dirty work car park pic.
