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[Davidsinclair05]

Hi Guys
I am looking for some inspiration for a new used car but these are my parameters:

Must be an estate
Would prefer diesel
Must be 4WD
Would Prefer German

This would have been perfect but it sold at the weekend

VW Passat

Help

Really need to sort it this month

[Sonic]

Must be an estate
Would prefer diesel
Must be 4WD
Would Prefer German

S2 Avant

3/4 aint bad

[Davidsinclair05]

I forgot to add that i need a car with a lower group insurance than 18, as i still have points pending and my budget is £3k-£4k

[Jamo]

A6 2.5 tdi?

[MattS2]

NCTS's
Autotrader A4 tdi
Autotrader A6 tdi

[Matt_D]

I would say a Audi Quattro but BMW did do a 5 series estate with 4 wheel drive, rare though

I dont think there are any other german made 4 wheel drives cars ?!?

[k.alle]

Mercedes is another German car that has had 4 wheel drive for a long time..
Both diesel and gasoline.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4Matic

[hiltoa]

Mercedes is another German car that has had 4 wheel drive for a long time..
Both diesel and gasoline.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4Matic

Kalle speaks with great wisdom.

How about one of these old tanks? (Not diesels I'm afraid)
oldmercs.jpg

[Heat Seeking Missile]

I'm pretty sure you can pick up a Merc ML270 CDi for around £5k-ish, a bit over budget perhaps. I'm pretty sure we didn't get any 4WD BMW's over here (apart from X3 & X5) after the E34 525iX and E36 325iX. Shame, cos they do make the newer ones too with 4WD, Switzerland has loads of them.

How about a Volvo V70 D5 AWD?

Mark

[4WheelDrifter]

A friend of mine has an E30 325iX Touring. That's old, cheap, an estate and 4x4. Not diesel though. I think you have to have LHD to get an E30 Diesel.

[GazzaG60]

japanese tends to be quite costly on insurance.

you got

subaru legacy
mitsubishi galant GR4

or volvo v70 awd (its haldex)


hard to find 4motion diesels but they are there.

why do you need 4wd? especially on a diesel estate? it would give much better choice to have a fwd

[Davidsinclair05]

F'ing Cars

I take it that you haven't had the snow yet, no i have had a 4wd car for 9 years and i feel safer in it. I did find a X reg VW Passat 4motion 2.8 V6 in Inverness with 69K and black Leather for £3600, but i am relying on the money that i generate from breaking the S2 and the sale of the A3. I put a ad in scot-ads this week but they listed my mobile number with 2 extra digits at the beginning and now the car won't be listed until the 21st. With the weather the way it is just now and not having a garage to work in getting stuff done is proving a nightmare and to make matters worse the mechanic that was suppose to help me never turned up

I refuse to get a Volvo point blank on the basis that i am not ready to log on to pipeandslippers.com's forum. I looked at ML's and grand Cherokee jeeps already but they don't have very good fuel economy.

The Passat is an option but i am not sure if a 2.8 will give me a headache with my insurance. Suggestions anyone for insurance companies who don't penalise you for speeding if you have never had any accidents? (I know that i am in dream world)

[goodall]

jag x-type? awd, estate, diesel, not sure about price

as for awd i guess better if plan toeing trailers or prefer the drive

on side note is the x-type haldex or is it liek the older 4x4 mondeos that were proper 4x4 just transverse

[Davidsinclair05]

Looked at X-Types also but they are built by ford

[Davidsinclair05]

and i saw one yesterday struggling on a hill with 4wd?
I cruised past in the A3