On a roll tonight :) whats a good station wagon?

lookin4ord, Jan 25, 8:18am
in the market for one

fordcrzy, Jan 25, 8:18am
get a nice BA wagon.ex lease

jason18, Jan 25, 8:19am
Nissan stagea, Holden, ford falcon, Camry, What ya need it for would be a good start.

lookin4ord, Jan 25, 8:20am
general run around but have two smallish dogs to cart

ginga4lyfe, Jan 25, 8:20am
Toyota Caldina are also quite good, im happy with mine!

lookin4ord, Jan 25, 8:20am
BA wagon!

dalhtrust, Jan 25, 8:21am
What about a Nissan Presage. you get the wagon feature plus extra seating ;)

fordcrzy, Jan 25, 8:24am
they are usually listed as "XT" wagons

lookin4ord, Jan 25, 8:24am
bit over the family wagon thing now hence the station wagon

lookin4ord, Jan 25, 8:27am
if thats a ford then sorry already had the Fix Or Repair Daily FORD

fordcrzy, Jan 25, 8:27am
you could also look at a 2005+ mondeo wagon (MANUAL ONLY) the autos are crap.
have a good search though.they seem to be going UP in price at the moment.we sold our mint 2002 wagon done 150,000 for $6500 a couple years ago.now look at what they are going for.

neville48, Jan 25, 8:30am
Toyota liteace van ,the older square ones with the low roof, 1500cc and 5 spd, so reliable, versatile and good for the dogs too.

toyboy3, Jan 25, 8:33am
look at the nissan expertgood basicwagon

mugenb20b, Jan 25, 8:55am
Autos are.average. Manuals are really good until you have to pay someone to do the clutch.

kazbanz, Jan 25, 9:30pm
OP- The thing is I could recommend a bunch of GOOD station wagons or even perhaps "long hatch backs"but its hard when we don't know whats important to YOU. Price/fuel economy/power etc.
I'll take a punt though and suggest you try a Toyota Ructus.
My reasoning,
1) toyota 1500cc vvti engine. -pep and economy
2) plenty of room for dogs.
3) rear seats fold into the floor to give a big wagon when needed
4) on the outside its a smaller H/b

lookin4ord, Jan 25, 11:34pm
1500 too small for me sorry

fordcrzy, Jan 26, 5:40am
thats correct. ford want about $2500 for a clutch job.
i managed to get one done for $1400

i doubt you could find a better 2 liter car than the mondy even with thier faults.i mean a passat of that age is just a $2500 turbo away and the caldinas could blow thier TEMS suspension at $2600 a pair. the mondy is a solid drive.

if i were to look at a corolla wagon it would have to be the 1800. they are a pretty good engine

n3d4sp3d, Jan 26, 6:12am
lancer vrx 2.4 mivec fun car to drive only downside is they are only available in auto. i have heard that the es had a manual optionbut they would be very rare and aren't as nice as the vrx. alot of these wagons will be comming off lease now

stevo2, Jan 26, 8:00am
Ok so what size is good for you then, Corolla!, Wingroad! Camry! Stagea! Falcoon! you tell us and we'll give you some advice. Also a budget $3k or $30k

edangus, Jan 26, 9:19am
Toyota Altezza Gita AS300