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Seat Altea Fr?
Loads of dog room, fit a towbar for the bikes and has plenty of poke
They’re not that common and petrol one’s even less so.
Found just one on eBay
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254389954470 -
Outback?
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Buy @Fixedwheelnut's 318i E30 touring when his 335i will be repaired
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Get a non - STI version?
3rd of the price and the XT will still give you plenty of power
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BMW 130i non-Msport. Looks no different to the vanilla 1-series, space for dog. Just doesn’t quite fit the 2.5l bit. Tax is about £300 I think. Glorious engine.
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Sorry to hear (about the Fozzy).
Before I got a Legacy myself I always thought a Forrester was a great option (strong, spacious, understated, etc.).
A Legacy wagon is another great option, imo. Only issue is they're all getting on a bit now. But there are some bargains out there to be had.
Have you outgrown your Clio or something happened to it?
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For reasons I won't go into, the purchase of a freshly imported forester sti i posted a few pages back has fallen through. It's no bad thing though as it's made me reconsider whether any car is worth having a bank loan for (it isn't), so I'm back searching for a car with a tighter budget of between 4 and 5k.
Requirements:
Petrol
Manual
Space for a greyhound in the boot and bikes on roof or towbar (preferably estate)
Engine size no greater than 2.5l (pre-08) or emissions under 225 g/km (08 on)
Understated
I looked at hatches like focus st and mazda 3 mps and the wife has no'd them as they look like "boy racer cars", which is funny as the forester sti was much more lairy.
Any outside the box suggestions?