BEST ESTATE CAR FOR ANGLERS – 2 x RIVE BOX

[TF_AKMEGAJParticipant]

Hi All,

My trusty motor is coming to the end of its life. I’m ready to buy a new (2-3 yr old) estate and wondered what other anglers would choose or drive. I’d like to be able to carry 2 full sets of match kit (2m long holdalls, 2 Rive boxes, 2 platforms, carryalls, ground bait buckets etc etc). I’m going to spend a fair wad so don’t want to have to carefully place boxes in the back and risk scratching paint work etc.

What’s your thoughts!

PS I’ve thought about buying a van but decided on another estate.

[TF_bramParticipant]

my mate has a volvo estate though im not sure which model it is and its absolutely huge!!!!!!!

much bigger than my passat estate.the focus has more room than mine~think

[TF_NathanWatson]

What have you been using? If that was big enough, surely another of the same or updated model? How about a Hearse?

[TF_Paddy]

Dead cert that Nathan.
Mondeo estate, the 08 plate and after – job done.

[TF_SLAB]

Ford S MAX .Same length as the mondeo.Slightly wider a lot more height.
My company has one as a fleet car/van.Every body borrows it.With the back seats folded down i have got three lots of kit in and seated three.

[TF_mannymaggot]

Iknow its not an estate car but ive got a Citreon Picasso .The seats in the back come out completly and make more room than a van.

[TF_tewton]

bmw tourer is rubbish, rear wheel drive means poor boot space, one rive box is all I can fit.

[TF_Waveney One]

You could probably buy a Challenger 2 with all the cuts that are taking place in the Army. No problem driving to your peg in that and there would always be room in the car park. Just drive on top of anything in your space!!

[TF_Slider]

Volvo V50 between 01 and 03 plate are massive, more than enough room for 2 Rives, then again I get 2 in my Volvo 850 plus 4 rod bags, 2 carryalls, 2 large buskets 8 keepnets and trolleys etc.

[TF_Mr Whippy]

I have a 2006 E class Mercedes Estate which is one of the biggest out there. I would say with two Rives etc you should look at the Mercedes R Class. Its still in my view a car rather than SUV. They are 4 wheel drive and the long wheel base version is particularly large. they came out about 4 years ago and are now a good seond hand buy. Great specs too.
I travel a lot on my own, if I regularly travelled with someone with same amount of stuff as me I would have got an R Class!

[FloatmakerParticipant]

VOLVO V70 every time!! There are several advantages to these. Firstly they have a huge load space with the rear seats folded down and it’s a nice flat base right up to the back of the front seats. The rear hatch opening is very wide going almost to the edge of the car and the rear window is very flat which means the available height is there almost right to the back of the car. I often travel with a mate and we have also taken personal luggage when we stayed away for a week at a tournament so there is more than enough room. Another advantage of the Volvo is that they go on forever and ever if maintained well.
Hope this helps. Graham

[TF_drawbag1967]

I’ve got a BMW estate and the boot space is garbage, Mondeos have got a lot of room but by the sounds of it you’d do better buying a small minibus and ripping out the seats.

[snaptackle]

Vectra estate diesel huge and 45-50 mpg

[TF_John Price]

Another to put into the mix as a thought is the renault laguna!! My outlaws have one as a work horse and it has so much room in the rear (I would say as much as the Mondeo) and with a 6 speed diesel lump it is good on the fuel as well (a consideration which must be at the high point in most peoples list at present)!!!

[TF_mp.milo]

Volvo v70,my mate got one and we get 2 lots of tackle in it easy.1 Rive box,1 milo box,2 mossella compact 8 holdalls,2 preston monster carryalls,trolleys,2 bait bags,2 net bags,biggest Rive sidetray.
And it can even write off a Mercedes and a Bmw as we did before xmas and still drove home !!

[TF_andynorth2003Participant]

Dont go for an A4 estate, similar to the 3 series Touring, too narrow at the back.
Need to put the roof box on to fit two lots of gear in, which is not good for my street cred!! lol

[TF_bagging machineParticipant]

Realistically – Peugeot 406
Unrealistically – Audi RS6

[TF_piperpilot]

We use a 4WD SUBARU FORESTER. Z x Rive ST D36’s plus Garbo/Preston monster holdalls/carryalls/jumbo net/cool bags etc! etc!! etc!!!,

[himoverthereParticipant]

@John Price wrote:

Another to put into the mix as a thought is the renault laguna!! My outlaws have one as a work horse and it has so much room in the rear (I would say as much as the Mondeo) and with a 6 speed diesel lump it is good on the fuel as well (a consideration which must be at the high point in most peoples list at present)!!!

I have one of these and i got to say its not big enough. its not long enough to lay your holdall down without going between the front seats. unlike the vectra where i can.

[TF_feederace]

Ive got a VW TRANSPORTER VAN (LOADS A ROOM)

[TF_stevie b]

Chrysler 300C touring

http://www.carpages.co.uk/chrysler/chrysler_jeep_300c_estate_02_03_06.asp

[TF_moto46]

Ford Mondeo ST tdci Estate 155bhp bucket loads of torque and room and 40 – 50mpg and they look great as well

[TF_fourcanals]

My vote the s max. best value by far if you can put up with the look is the picasso zara diesel I run one for years in france 50 odd to the gallon acres of space in back cruise all day at 80 mph but looks poor at the side of newer model on market. pays your money take your pick

[TF_kev34]

@andynorth2003 wrote:

Dont go for an A4 estate, similar to the 3 series Touring, too narrow at the back.
Need to put the roof box on to fit two lots of gear in, which is not good for my street cred!! lol

Just bought An A4 estate thinking i would get kit in easy but how wrong was i ~naughty

Oh well 170 bhp and 45mpg still worth it~clap

Anyone know where i can buy a good Bootliner from…

kev

[Anonymous]

how about one of these… http://www.mod-sales.com/direct/vehicle/related/34092/FV_432_MK_2.htm

[TF_rookery54]

picasso

2 preston boxes plus 1 rive box

3 full rod holdalls

3 preston bags

3 net bags
clothing trolleys and 3 people

you can take back seats out individually so you have a van

diesel i get 60 mpg and it an 02 model

[TF_Cutnut]

Volvo 850 ~ v70 Thule roof box, three rodbags 6nets,landing net heads, two ready rod bags three holdalls, three bait buckets, three milo boxes, two platforms one trolley, seats three and still room for boots clothing and going away kit.

Downside is that by the time you’ve packed it all in the mpg sucks out at 20 ~ 30mpg depending how heavy your clogg is.

[TF_scarf]

Mondeo every time. Loads of space, nice to drive and there’s lots of them about. Or, if you want to pay a bit more for the badge, 5 series BMW. A4s and 3 series are too short to get the holdalls behind the front seats. If they weren’t so new I’d add the Skoda Superb to the list as well.

Nearly forgot – Rhino bootliners Kev, spot on.

[TF_dave brittain]

I have a Laguna and have to say it drives well, has excellent MPG with a 6 speed box and is very comfortable however on the downside they are prone to minor electrical faults and you’ll struggle to get two lots of kit in it especially if you have Rive boxes.

On a budget I’d look at the Mondeo as they drive very well and are very reliable.

At the higher end of the market I’d look at either a Volvo or Audi A6.

[TF_kev34]

@scarf wrote:

Mondeo every time. Loads of space, nice to drive and there’s lots of them about. Or, if you want to pay a bit more for the badge, 5 series BMW. A4s and 3 series are too short to get the holdalls behind the front seats. If they weren’t so new I’d add the Skoda Superb to the list as well.

Nearly forgot – Rhino bootliners Kev, spot on.

Will be ringing them today as they look spot on,specially the as they make them to fit the split seats….

Thanks for the heads up ~clap

[TF_Waveney One]

My old Mondeo Estate has the floor level with the tail gate. No lifting boxes over a 6 ” lip. Anyone know why most cars have that lip? Literally a waste of metal in what could be space!

[TF_tewton]

@piperpilot wrote:

We use a 4WD SUBARU FORESTER. Z x Rive ST D36’s plus Garbo/Preston monster holdalls/carryalls/jumbo net/cool bags etc! etc!! etc!!!,

what’s the servicing cost like on that?

[TF_proper tidal boy]

buy a mercedes vito van for fishing and a tidy motor for fun, fishing tackle ucks cars up FACT

[TF_proper tidal boy]

TEWTON servicing subarus no different to norm motor but if you use subarus main agent take your cheque book????

[TF_toplights]

You Tree Stranglers are on good money these days PTB.A Vito van and a Scooby?
I will stick to my Volvo’s.You cant better them for room/comfort imo.~clap

[TF_proper tidal boy]

MINE BOTH RUN MOTH LOL

[TF_kev825]

going through a similar scenario myself and have just ordered a Fiat Scudo Combi. 2.0 Ltr Diesel 120 bhp. 2 front seats. 3 back seats and the rear compartment is left empty and more than big enough for 2 Rive boxes and all the rest of the kit we have to carry about. One of the back seats folds forward and can even be clipped out easy as. Then you have loads of room to lay 2 mtr rod bags in the space. And there are sliding doors on both rear passenger sides and double doors at the back

Sorted.

[TF_toplights]

@proper tidal boy wrote:

MINE BOTH RUN MOTH LOL

So do mine,one round the garden.~shh ~shh

[TF_mart16]

seams loads of people are having the same problems.i’ve had an a6 saloon for 9 years now,i found one with back seats that would drop down,not many about.i’m also looking for an estate and reckon if you can afford an a6 they are superb.like has been said an holdall will go in without the need to thread em up the middle,and they are front wheel drive so the load space stays wide all the up.i’ve looked at the bm’s and my brothers got the a4 estate and they are both not wide enough or long enough.
i reckon the mondeo’s the next best option.the st looks great but what’s your front bumper gonna look like when you’ve been up a few fishing venue tracks(cos they are all made for tractors).them titanium new shaped look nice.

[TF_Leaky Lloyd]

kev23
im just wondering how much tackle you take with you matey, ive got an a4 avant s-line and whilst i admit it aint the biggest, theres plenty of room for my tackle alone, and i sometimes take me mate
so thats
2x boxes (ones a rive xt aswell)
2x carryalls
2x ready rod holdalls
2x pole holdalls
2x doube net bags
2x trolleys
and a few bait buckets and bait bags

fair enough its so full that when you fart you can taste it, but we get it in never the less !

packing a car for fishing is an art form,if i was as good at fshing as i was at packing id be 1 gold up on big Al Scothorne!,
put it a certain way and you just wont get it all in!!!
i put the boxes right up against the seats facing each other wich leaves a channel down the middle for the rods and poles carryalls go either side next to the box, nets up against back doors and other bits just placed ontop of the other stuff,,
simples

~think ~think ~sick ~sick

[TF_jwb]

another vote for a Picasso. with seats out it is like a van. They are also relatively cheap.~clap

[TF_caudal finParticipant]

Another vote for subaru forester. On my 2nd now and can get pretty much anywhere with the all wheel drive. They also do a diesel thats good for 45-50 mpg.

[TF_davenfish]

@SLAB wrote:

Ford S MAX .Same length as the mondeo.Slightly wider a lot more height.
My company has one as a fleet car/van.Every body borrows it.With the back seats folded down i have got three lots of kit in and seated three.

never offered me a lift you tight get

[TF_AKMEGAJParticipant]

Thanks to everyone for the very useful inputs. I’m torn between a Volvo V70 (new style) and an Audi A6 Avant. But I’ve made my mind up and tomorrow I’m off to buy a V70 (high mpg and flat boot space with seats down has won me over). My Merc C220 estate is up for sale (trade in).

[TF_toplights]

@AKMEGAJ wrote:

Thanks to everyone for the very useful inputs. I’m torn between a Volvo V70 (new style) and an Audi A6 Avant. But I’ve made my mind up and tomorrow I’m off to buy a V70 (high mpg and flat boot space with seats down has won me over). My Merc C220 estate is up for sale (trade in).

AKMEGAJ,You will find the VOC Forums of great help,enjoy the car.

[TF_GALPS]

AUDI A6 AVANT ( ESTATE ) ALL THE WAY

RING ME AND I WILL SORT YOU OUT A GREAT DEAL!~clap ~clap ~clap

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