Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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Colm89

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?

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EagleEyez in reply to @Colm89

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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Colm89 in reply to @EagleEyez

Loved the clio but we put 6000 miles on it in 3 years, so sold it in February and cleared the finance.

9 months later and we've been presented with an opportunity to move home to Ireland, so wanted to pick up a car here 6 months before we move home to avail of import duty exemption.

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