• 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?

  • Buy @Fixedwheelnut's 318i E30 touring when his 335i will be repaired
    (I know, might be a bit too much outside the box, but ticks petrol/manual/touring haha)

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