Station Wagons -suggestions

Seeing there is a discussion about people movers I'll start one about SW's

We are looking at either a station wagon or another sedan.

My preference is a Station wagon

What one do you love?

We are looking at either a Toyota Avensis or DH is suggesting a Honda Accord SW. I have bad images of Honda accords in my head (you know the 80's versions )

We've gotta subaru SW. SW definitely come in handy...the extra space is great!...especially when you find out you left the pram in the boot after doing the shopping lol.

We've just bought a Nissan Stagea. Its a complete boy racer car with TONNES of boot space and I LOVE IT!! hehe. Oh, and steer clear of Altezza Gita's too if you see them. They're a station wagon but they have bugger all space in the back.

We did look at older Camry's and Galant wagons too which are great :D

I have specific boot measurement that I want metre deep by 1.5m across LMAO...that's my current boot space & I need it all!!!

The avensis is the minimum size I want, I'd love to get a Holden Stationwagon but the engine size is unfortunately too gas guzzling for us.

DH has a Mazda 6 as a work car and I quite like it. Great on long journeys and have to agree on the look, I usually hate the look of SW's, but this one is quite nice.

Having said that he also had a Mitsibishi Airtrek which I LOVED. Similar to the Outlander I think. That's the car I would buy if I was buying a bigger car. One of his workmates crashed it in a ditch and barely got a scratch on it.

my dad is a mechanic and has run his own quite large workshop but 25 years so takes into account mechanical failure, buying new parts, how easy parts are to get, fuel efficinacy, crash test, blah blah blah. lol.

anyway he has been helping me look for a station wagon over the last few months. the ones he told me to go after are nissan SW's, Toyota SW and possibly mitsi lancers but that he wasnt as keen on them. i bought a nissan wingroad yesterday and its great. its only a 1500cc and an 1800 would have been better but we are on a limited budget so not being about overtake cars on hills during long trips isnt on the top of my list. lol. hope that helps :)

if you get an auto try and get a standard transmission as opposed to the CVT transmission as the older version of the CVT's can be quite faulty.

AandCsmum wrote: Sally can you measure the width of the car/boot. M&D have a legacy & it's really narrow but theirs is a sedan. It's great googling all these cars. Will show DH when he gets home.

Will try & remember to measure the boot later. DH has taken it to work today.

we have a primera wagon - its awesome, huge boot.
Great on gas - its tryptonic, with some fancy fast motor suits dhs petrol head too but is great for al the baby gear

We've got a 4wd Caldina too and it's been great... getting a bit old now though so might have to look around a bit soon. I can't imagine having anything other than a station wagon now, although DH wants a nasty big SUV. I don't mind the look of the Avensis... great safety rating too.

Bum Jane, that's what puts me off subaru's high on the steal list therefore putting up insurance. Especially seeing it will be parked out the front of our house.

Ohh might have to have a look at the Mazda 6 I need to put in two baby seats plus a school kid in the back. Vehicles have the air bag in the front now so stops kids being allowed in the front seat.

I don't see the point of an SUV not for school drop offs.

OH & I'm restricted by the fact I don't want an import, been there & been burnt by that so dont' want to go there again.