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28/8/2007 at 6:43pm
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We have an A4 N reg 1.8petrol estate, the boot is quite big but you lose a lot of room due to wheel arches, and the back of the car tapers towards the roof which takes away more room. We bought an halfords exodus 360ltr roofbx and a set of second hand roofbars of ebay. Roofboxes are great and waterproof, but reading a lot of peoples suggestions on here I'd say a trailer would be a better bet - some people even put a roof box on top of the trailer. I have a friend with a renault laguna estate and he wears by it for camping trips, he takes a lot of gear for the scouts also.

 



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28/8/2007 at 7:00pm
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I'll add a vote for the Honda CRV (mark 2) - not the newest model.

The diesel gets 40mpg and pulls strongly.

It has big estate car space (approx 450ltr I think) along with loads of rear leg room but the rear seats can slide forward to give up to 640ltrs with still enough leg room to get by. Figures are from  my memory and up to top of seat back so you can get more in- the rear window opens separately from the tailgate for ease of 'shoehorning' if required.

4WD for muddy fields

Extremely reliable (IMHO)

And the picnic table is pretty good quality too!! (serves as boot floor when not in use as table)



28/8/2007 at 8:04pm
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Well we absolutly love our Volvo V70 (check my gallery pics). Don't bother looking at the smaller Volvo estates like the V40 & V50 because they are mid sized estates so load space isn't big for an estate car. The V70 is cavernous, they are such solid, powerful, comfortable long distance cruisers. Ours also has the 7 seat conversion too, 2 seats pop up out of the boot floor when you need them (excellent bit of kit) this was essential as we often have a car full (our car before was a Galaxy people carrier and we weren't prepared to loose 2 seats) but it is soooo much nicer, luxurious than the Galaxy.

However now we have a smallish! doggy who rides in the boot, we need to utilise the towbar and pack our camping gear in a trailer. Tows effortlesly though.

Only down side is the petrol's are a bit thirsty. Diesel's aren't though.



28/8/2007 at 8:11pm
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Correction - CRV boot size (min) is 556litres

(compare with Mondeo estate at 542litres and V70 at 575litres (but cant slide rear seats to gain more space in either)

PS We used to have a Volvo 850 estate (similar boot space to V70) but our camp kit outgrew it!



28/8/2007 at 9:14pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Victor Khyam on 28/8/2007
Quote: Originally posted by snowy747 on 27/8/2007

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 I can't work out why they are not more popular.

Ali


Er...possibly because you have to have a tow bar?


Yes but lots of people have tow bars on their vehicles and if you are considering a trailer you'd need a tow bar too!  Therefore I think it is a more practical choice as you are not limited speedwise.

Ali



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28/8/2007 at 9:50pm
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We have a vauxhall zafira and a roof box and footwells and underseats and behind back but lol we manage to get it all in and hubby can still just about see thru back window.

But seriously very happy with boot space on Zaf

Lynles



28/8/2007 at 10:19pm
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Quote: Originally posted by snowy747 on 28/8/2007

Yes but lots of people have tow bars on their vehicles and if you are considering a trailer you'd need a tow bar too! Therefore I think it is a more practical choice as you are not limited speedwise.


BackUp box looks a neat idea , but having looked at the specs, I can't see any advantage over a roofbox apart from wind resistance and easier access - except you then can't get into the boot!
The Thule towbar brackets that carry the BackUp box are only rated from 30-60 kg total load depending on model, and the BackUp box alone weighs 14kg. So that means just like a roofbox, you're not going to be putting much kit in there before it's overloaded.
All of which makes Thules claim that the BackUp box is "the perfect solution for transporting wet, heavy or bulky items" very misleading - I wouldn't call a maximum weight of 16 - 44 kg "heavy" or perfect, especially when the same money will get you a trailer capable of 10 times that.

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28/8/2007 at 10:21pm
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We have a Mercedes 320 TE converted to run on LPG, seven seats, leather, aircon, LOADS of room, economical and yet still quick off the mark... a joy to drive, you can pick them up REALLY cheaply considering the quality of car you get.  Ours is L reg (however old that is)...  happy car hunting!  You could always just get a trailer though! Jackie


28/8/2007 at 10:29pm
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Get a DOKA or full size vanagon :-)

http://www.busman.be/pagina2.html



30/8/2007 at 12:15am
 Location: Lincs
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Hi,

We have an Xsara HDI Estate, Roof box, Trailer and Bike rack.  Just about the right amount of storage space. 

Howie

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a254/hjd10/DSCI0345_2560x1920.jpg



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30/8/2007 at 4:42pm
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Whenever discussion of Estate cars or people carriers comes up people always forget the most practical cars for hauling potentially muddy or wet gear around. They are cheap, roomy, you can sweep them out and they will take the lot without resort to a roofbox. They are...Renault Kangoo, Citroen Berlingo, Peugeot Partner and Fiat Doblo. If you go to France, Spain or Italy you do not see as many expensive 4x4's or premium People Carriers because people are much less snobbish about cars and are happy to drive a battered workhorse...look at the number of Renault 4's still doing their job in France. I have a Kangoo and it is brilliantly ugly but brilliantly practical...if you want a camping car look no further and no-one will want to nick it!


30/8/2007 at 4:49pm
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I brought the Honda Accorde Tourer 2003 model for the big boot. I started looking at Volvos and the boots are definately getting smaller. The Honda has the biggest boot in it's class. Since a newer model has come out the prices have dropped a lot.



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30/8/2007 at 5:13pm
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We've got a Skoda Roomster. It's only group 3 insurance and does loads to the gallon. It's also quite cheap to tax. one or all of the 3 back seats come out if you want them too. Big boot. We manage all to get in with our 8 berth tent - family of 4. The adverts for the car state you can get a flock of sheep into the car (if you really wanted to that is).



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30/8/2007 at 5:37pm
 Location: Wrexham North Wales
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We had a Mondeo up until earlier this year.  We camped last year, bit of a squeeze getting everything but we managed.  Husband is in the process of changing his company car (to a new mondeo) so we had a hire car for the holiday this year, we asked for an estate, we got a VW Passat estate, we couldn't fit half of what we had in the mondeo last year!!!  So we had to pack light and manage, leaving stuff behind etc etc.  I would stick to the Mondeo and get a roof rack, top box.  I've already told other half we won't be camping without it next year, it was much too stressful packing!  It's cheaper than changing the car aswell, so you can go out and buy more camping gear!

Quinnys



03/9/2007 at 7:33am
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I leave the Company Volvo V70 at home when we go camping and Eeyore, Roo, Jack (the Border Collie) and a 6 man tent join me in this:



I'm not quite sure what this proves, other than the fact that I might be the wrong person to be asking this question

Tigger.


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Quote: Originally posted by MJ68 on 30/8/2007


Whenever discussion of Estate cars or people carriers comes up people always forget the most practical cars for hauling potentially muddy or wet gear around. They are cheap, roomy, you can sweep them out and they will take the lot without resort to a roofbox. They are...Renault Kangoo, Citroen Berlingo, Peugeot Partner and Fiat Doblo. If you go to France, Spain or Italy you do not see as many expensive 4x4's or premium People Carriers because people are much less snobbish about cars and are happy to drive a battered workhorse...look at the number of Renault 4's still doing their job in France. I have a Kangoo and it is brilliantly ugly but brilliantly practical...if you want a camping car look no further and no-one will want to nick it!

 

It isn't ugly - its lovely - I miss mine so much and want an automatic one now.





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