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14/6/2007 at 9:03am
 Location: A quiet pitch with a lovely view
 Outfit: Cabanon Noumea
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Something like a van-based Renault Kangoo or Citroen Berlingo would give you good square boot space but you would need a proper dog guard thing to pack it safely up to the roof. MT

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14/6/2007 at 11:19am
 Location: Tewkesbury Glos
 Outfit: LDV MAXUS camper
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We've got a VW Sharan, but have started looking for something a bit more modern and slightly smaller.

Looked at a good few estate cars - finally narrowed our list down to: Ford Mondeo, Skoda Octavia, VW Passat or Audi A6 Avant.

The Skoda was a bit small, Mondeo not bad, Passat ideal & A6 lurvley!

Deposit put on a 4 year old A6 Avant 1.9tdi SE


14/6/2007 at 3:30pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Blacks 3 Man
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We have a Berlingo Multispace. With the back seats folded down we have 2800 litres of bootspace. 625 litres with the back seats in use.

I should think the most capacious estate is likely to be one of the big Volvos.



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14/6/2007 at 3:54pm
 Location: Leicestershire
 Outfit: Bear Lake 6
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I'm amazed only the last post has mentioned volvos.

When we change from our A4 Avant that we currently have we're straight into a Volvo V70. Seriously comfortable, fast and huge.

 



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14/6/2007 at 4:06pm
 Location: bedford
 Outfit: outwell hartford L & sun valley 8
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we've got a vw touran. the 2 extra seats are folded into the floor most of the time leaving a lovely large boot. We only have 2 children, so when going camping we remove the middle seat completely in the back and pile boxes in the gap!

( still use roof box though)



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14/6/2007 at 4:21pm
 Location: dorset
 Outfit: royal pescara 8 wynster raven8
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we've got a VAUXHALL ZAFIRA tdi 7 seats rear two hide in the floor when not needed also top box for extra space and a 6x4 trailer last trip did not use top box as only 4 of us went camping loads of room in the car the middle seat will slide forward for a little extra room .


14/6/2007 at 7:53pm
 Location: Sunny Cornwall.
 Outfit: Too many tents to fit in this space!!!
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QUOTE    we need to upsize or leave the kids behind

doesn't that solve the problem??    (only kidding)



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14/6/2007 at 8:19pm
 Location: West Wickham
 Outfit: Cabanon Espace and others
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Quote: Originally posted by itguy on 14/6/2007

I'm amazed only the last post has mentioned volvos.

When we change from our A4 Avant that we currently have we're straight into a Volvo V70. Seriously comfortable, fast and huge.

 

Of course driver enjoyment and comfort are important but what swings it for me is that the boot capacity of a volvo v70 is 485 litres while the boot capacity of a VW sharan with the third row of seats removed is 852 litres. That is a big difference when you are trying to fit a lot of camping gear in

Tim




14/6/2007 at 9:51pm
 Location: Leicestershire
 Outfit: Bear Lake 6
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yep, my dad used to have a sharon and now has a touran. Not really my cup of tea, although I do love driving the touran as it has the DSG gearbox.... very trick :)


15/6/2007 at 12:45pm
 Location: Lincolnshire (with Derbyshire blood !)
 Outfit: Outwell Georgia XL
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We have a Renault Espace.... blooming massive boot....every seat, except for the drivers can come out... and you can have any combo of seats.

Only issue with ours, is that we went for the less economic 2.0 turbo petrol!!! It may not be as economic that it's diesel sisters...but this one has plenty of oomph and is fun and comfortable to drive.

Plenty of room for camping gear and BOOZE, when returning from the continent!!!



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18/6/2007 at 12:42am
 Location: Dorset
 Outfit: Khyam Windsor and kitchen sink
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Merc E series estate. 700 litres minimum. Anything with under 120,000 miles and 8 yrs old will still be reliable and worth the money. Only prob is RWD which isn't the best for muddy fields!

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