sulli

How do all you estate drivers compare the car to the saloon?

How does the performance/handling compare?

Insurance cheaper?

Cheers

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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EAT 'EM FOR BREAKFAST

scooby whip

never saw McRae or Burns in the 5-door....

Great~taste~Bloke

puff i know you have the best 5dr.
As an owner 20 months of 5door then changing I can confirm on the road the 5dr flexes like a pig but is a flexible familily machiche. However (considering the security net) the 4 door (or coupe) is just as pratical unless you deliver 28" wide screen tellies for a living!
summary 5 door very useful (al times I miss it!)
saloon (well now I have a P1) at times I miss the boot but have a fleet of commercials to pick up me crap anyway!
driving saloon wins alround abilites 5 door wins hans down!
Puff do you wish to buy a p1 wheelset?

eyeMAJIC

You can buy twice as much crap at IKEA, and get it home in one go!

eyeMAJIC

You don't have to get your dogs put down!

blaster

ugly. v. ugly

eyeMAJIC

Sorry..... <serious mode on>

I think the market for a 5-door is different.

Serious petrolheads will always favour the 4-door with its 10mm extra track, rigidity, flared arches etc. etc.

Before I bought my Scoob, I was looking at an Audi allroad, or Volvo XC. Then I decided I wanted to go carry less junk, go faster, and build a new garage with the £££ saved.

Summary: PPP'd 5-door is definitely the "thinking hooligan's budget small estate".

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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blaster

eye Candy ( ) only the bug-eyes have the extra 10mm (ooo'errr missus)

g~t~b

rear strut brace sorts that out

Don't talk to anyone else until I've responded to your email

Evil Scooby

I also have a 5-door, yes it flexes a bit more than the 4-door, but is not for the extra space! Imagine you with a 4-door scooby passing by a 996 Carrera in a B-road, imagine the look in his face ... Now imagine that same face if you pass him with a debadged wagon!

Ok all this to say :

Great~taste~Bloke : I am interested in your P1 wheels

Great~taste~Bloke

i bought a brand new 5door turbo uk std on march 1st 2000 and loved it to bits after a mk3 16v golf and carried on until i was aware af evo mag, body roll, better handling, more go!, all the other things!Then I test drove a P1! The 5 door ,Ihad it ppp'd after 12 months is a fine car the four door and even more so the 2 door is so much more rewarding as a driving machine!
You have to decide which is the best compromise for you. Perhaps it's not even a Scoob!

Great~taste~Bloke

getting p1 18's next week have a set of 17's in anthrasite unscuffed offers considered!

miggs

matt speak to roger or banzai bob

Scooby Dooby Blue

Lots more road noise in the wagons.
On the upside...fit a tasty exhaust and you have all the ICE you need
If the MY01 is "fugly", the MY01 Wagon is "fuglier"
Paul

Scooby Dooby Blue

LMAO@Pete

Scott W

It has got to be the 5 door everytime, as it is the ultimate "Stealth Machine" .

People generally associate estates with slow drivers, but when they get one that shows them a clean pair of heels, it is a superb feeling.

It even surprises some fellow 4dr Scooby owners when they see a 5dr leave them behind or stick with them!!

DavidLewis

"puff i know you have the best 5dr"

Thats right, he has now, I've just sold mine

rapiddescent

I've had a MY99 5dr and now have a wrx wagon. I have to say that the wrx wagon is a big improvement on the outgoing 5dr in terms of handling and in terms of useable load space at the back.

for me its the only option as I cart loads of mountain bikes around the place. I like it for the same reasons as pslewis above and I would say that it *is* a drivers car.

In fact, after taking a subaru legacy 2.0 ltr estate out at a Town & country Knockhill Scoob day and kept up with the turbo cars - I'd say it was a beautifully balanced drivers car as well. wolf in sheeps clothing that one - pity they dopn't sells its evil big brother twin turbo.

rd

MattW

Has to be the wagon with kids. No way I could get all the junk in for xmas at the parents in a 4 door. Plus the 5 door is a little more anonymous on the road, unlikely to be such a big target for the thieving scotes. (I hope)

Edites to say ******* not scotes

[Edited by MattW - 3/9/2002 1:04:00 PM]

pslewis

If you want handling - then its got to be the 5 door

If you want to not be a thieves target - the 5 door gets it again

If you want to surprise supercar drivers - the 5 door is the one again

If you want to carry anything more than your handbag - then its 5 doors

If you want to go faster - its the 5 door (due to the better handling)

IF you are confident in yourself (and dont need to show off) - its the 5 door

Put simply, if you are low in self esteem and want to look big get a 4 door with spoliers as big as the London Eye - if you are a SERIOUSLY cool dude who doesnt need to parade get a 5-door

Pete

[Edited by pslewis - 3/9/2002 1:15:49 PM]

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Yours may've been better in some respects but on looks - hands down









(Once again, thanks to Josh L for the photos

[Edited by Puff The Magic Wagon! - 3/9/2002 11:16:32 PM]

Andrewza

if you're talking MY00 or older 5dr, not sure about them new ones, look a bit weedy compared to the 4dr. Then again the only fuglies I've liked are the UK300 and the STi Type UK Prodrive version.

Andrew
(proud owner of a MY00 DBM Wagon)



[Edited by Andrewza - 3/9/2002 11:37:28 PM]