Show us your estates

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 11/01/2024 at 10:48, Six-cylinder said:

Four at home today all working.

*cough* isn't the range rooney technically an estate *cough*

[Six-cylinder]

8 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

*cough* isn't the range rooney technically an estate *cough*

No, it's a Chelsea Tractor or SUV!

If it were we have two Range Rovers and a Discovery.

[Six-cylinder]

Ok full own up to estate cars

There is an Alfa 156 V6 Sportswagon - that is with an Alfa specialist because of an intermittent starting issue.

Volvo 740GLE Estate -  needs bringing up from Wales and recommissioning.

Vauxhall Carlton 2.0i Estate - Waiting for better weather before a push to get it back on the road.

Saab 95 - that is currently having its fuel tank repaired.

so that makes 9 in total!

[Six-cylinder]

My Dad had an estate car but you can't count that against me!

[junkyarddog]

Not technically an estate,but fuck it,close enough😆

[Rust Collector]

Estate update time I guess.

This one works*:

 

These ones are all… Errrr… ‘Resting’:

I have an unhealthy relationship with estate cars.

[andyberg]

Just a common 75 tourer, but it ticks lots of boxes

[EyesWeldedShut]

On 26/01/2022 at 20:31, Longbridge Apologist said:

After putting it on twitter and wondering what on earth a 940 Classic was, got quite a few replies from the odd familiar person...

 

#maybemetoo
OK - I'm a dinosaur good to know.
Previous estates: Montego 1.6 (HL I think), Laguna, Omega, Outback, Ovlov
(2 x Range Ruster and 1 x Musso if we are going to count those)
Current  Transportus Dinosaurius 

[davehedgehog31]

Current estate car fleet;

Old faithful

Modern forum for this pish

And on the V5 this is listed as an estate...

 

[Jikovron]

The only estate I've ever had so far, hoping to get it sorted for the road and tidy up old welding work, its my favourite spec for one of these : blue, late and 1700 flavour 

[MiniMinorMk3]

13 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Not technically an estate,but fuck it,close enough😆

It's a deceased estate!

[PicantoJon]

Ooo, I have an estate! 

Technically... 

 

[Six-cylinder]

The question is whether this Renault 4 GTL is an estate?

I think it is an estate, because the whole rear door opens to the floor level and the back is fairly upright.

Mrs6C thinks NO, as there is not a saloon/hatch version so there can't be an estate version.

Also Wikipedia says

The Renault 4, or R4 in short (and 4L, pronounced "Quatrelle", in French), is an economy car built by the French company Renault from 1961 to 1994. Although the Renault 4 was first marketed as a short estate or wagon, its minimal rear overhang, and its top-hinged, single-piece tail-gate made it the world's first mass-produced hatchback car 

What do you think, Estate or not?

[andyberg]

I think it can belong in any thread 😁 but is more than welcome here. Personally I would say it's a hatchback.

[Metal Guru]

11 hours ago, andyberg said:

I think it can belong in any thread 😁 but is more than welcome here. Personally I would say it's a hatchback.

The term “hatchback” didn’t appear until 1970 and the R4 predates that. Renault called it a Station wagon. Other cars that are obviously hatchbacks also appeared before 1970. The Maxi and MGB GT spring to mind.