As a keen devotee of this thread on PH, I've been thinking about getting something a little.....meatier than the Saab as my beater that will also not leave me floundering on the annual trip to LeMans.

It had to be practical, we have a dog that needs to be transported, and as the Fury is about to go to my friends workshop in Winchester I'll need to be able to transport some quite sizeable bits around from time to time, so I decided on an estate.

It's a depressing thought that at 37 I'm considering an estate car, so I'm not prepared to spend a fortune on a non-fun car, but at the same time I want some luxury and a bit of poke. I even considered a diseasal for a minute.

Then I saw this, at a local garage, 81000 miles, all the toys (and all working), 9 years old but FBMWSH and a stonking great 4.4litre V8. It even has the optional indicator pack and the original certificate of road ownership

7 large, 700 trade in for the (frankly, worthless) Saab, a new MOT, 6 months tax.....

....and an average fuel consumption on the test drive of 19mpg Told you it was almost sensible.

I'll take some proper pics if anyones interested when I collect it later this week, but for now, here are a couple of pics from the dealer's website:-

 

Another one gone to the twat marque

540??

Did you get a warranty?

walnut dash looks like the nappa leather anyway not the "heritage" old man one.

No satnav?

where are you going to service it?

19mpg-you'll be lucky

is there enough room in the back for a stretcher?

Looks in good nick-yup please post more pics and do a write up

 

Hi Nige,

Yes, 540 and a 6 month warranty (though it's a 3rd party warranty so not worth much I suspect).

Had the car up on the ramps and all seemed well, bushes are all still tight, no play anywhere and the engine is just run in at 81k (HPI verified) and as smooth as a silky thing dipped in chocolate.

No satnav, I prefer maps anyway, call me old fashioned. Not that it would have put me off if it had it, but it wasn't on my list. Neither was any particular kind of interior, this is a

 

We'll be consuming plenty of petrol as we all steam down the N138 this year

 

Twat marque is Audi these days...

Mark, looks great. If I can help you adjust to the idea of an estate car I feel I should say that estates are generally (but not always) much better looking than their saloon counterparts, especially so in this case.

Well done on avoiding a diseasel. They are for extra twattiness.

 

I understand DL is pretty respectible (that's where mine came from).

check the oil regularly.

cars > 4yrs old get a reduction.

surprisingly the twat nav is pretty good in the 5e39's.

 

That's clearly middle-aged, what's the problem? You have your mid-life crisis fun car Next you'll be saying that it's depressing that you are considering wearing a male corset?

 

Nice towing machine there Mark.

And long enough for people to lie down in the back on the way home from LM. All you need is blue lights and it can be called the ambulance

 

I tst drove an R reg one of these when I was looking to replace the scorpio.
The engine was fantastic but it steered like a clown car

The tyres were completley bald though so that was porbably something to do with it.

I imagine you will be getting the front suspension bushes, done at some point.

Other than thay looks good, tons of space.

I have a car just as thirst, just a big, but you can fit Feck all in the boot!

 

Very nice beater Mark