£5-7k Estate recommendations

£5-7k Estate recommendations

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F17SRF

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48 posts

55 months

Current 'daily' is a mk1 Volvo XC90 200bhp D5 with the later 6spd auto box. This was bought for weekend use and towing duties as at the time I had no commute. I have now moved house with a 20min commute to work plus also now have a van that I will use for towing duties.

Decided that I want to replace the barge like XC90 with something more driver focused, nimble with a reasonable turn of pace. The list of must haves:

- Petrol
- Estate (enough room for the dog in the boot)
- Manual gearbox
- 200bhp+ and 30+mpg on a run

My one and only choice at the moment is a BMW E91 330i msport touring, but they seem to be like rocking horse sh!t with a manual gearbox.

What else should I be looking at with the budget of £5-7k that will be equally adept with the commute and going for a weekend blast?

joshcowin

6,956 posts

183 months

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SlowV6

646 posts

146 months

This was recently discussed on this thread:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...