Why do you like tourings

[cuk325]

yes mate it sold on the 2nd time i put it on within 8 hours of starting, weird really, got the full buy it now price.. the guy who bought it was a real nice guy, emailed me since to tell me that loads was wrong witht the car but anyone on her whos seen it knows that there wasnt anything wrong with it.

[StuBeeDoo]

We bought ours because we needed the space in the back for delivering bouquets and floral tributes.
I couldn't handle the thought of a Mondeo or a Vectra, so I convinced Wor Lass that we had to have something with a bit class.
TBH, I never thought they would have such a "cult" following!
Stuart.

[Brianmoooore]

On the Touring v estate debate, the luggage capacity for a saloon is 404 litres, and the capacity for a touring is 370 litres to the load cover, so estate it definetely isn't!

[Boots_Walker]

i have a bit of an infatuation with tourings, might be partly because i have never seen one in the flesh

I will have one someday though, with an mtech2 and an m60...

[johnono]

dude!! serious?

well get one then, youԚ´ll probably need 10 times the cost of the car just to get it over but you would be the only (?) person there with a tourer

[Brianmoooore]

They don't have tourings in the US either. A few have appeared there and managed to get registered by dubious means, and consequently are worth a small fortune.

[Boots_Walker]

i know there are a few tourings about in australia - i'm sure by the time you shipped one over it wouldnt really cost much more than an equivalent 2/4 door in our local market (e30s - esp 325's, are quite pricy down here...)

[valver]

i just love tourers

[Gav325isport]

Gotta say Dave's touring is the nuts,
Saw him today going sideways around aroundabout (f**king hell can that boy handle a car) an it looked awesome.
Touring's with the Mtec 2 kit look just as good as a sport in my opinion !!

[Cotty]

Im gonna resurect this thread as there are a lot more new members with tourings

Its turning into the touring massive

[320Touring]

never saw this first time round, methinks

ok, why i love my touring

get me another car that can carry a washing machine sideways round a roundabout,with a 6pot soundtrack and proper handling for Ԛ£300.

"I fcuking love shalabrity tourings "

[sabrje]

Yeh practicality is the main thing - regular trips to B&Q for doing up the house and a couple of lurchers meant that anything that didn't have a hatch was out of the question. And I think they look much better than the 3-box shape of the saloons.

I like my cars to be a bit different but I've always been the sort of guy who gets bored of cars and moves on the the next one - I've had all sorts, old minis , MG montego Volvo 480 etc, etc. I've now had the touring for nearly 2 years and I'm not thinking of moving on yet.... I think its here to stay (well at least until I come into some money and can buy a brand new one ).

[bigpimpin]

Just bought one yesterday! always liked the style of them and they're well proportioned. Couldn't really give a toss about the size of the boot but if I ever get a dog it would prevent it from rubbing its star all over the seats!


I'm planning big mods to this thing so watch this space !

[Cotty]

On the Touring v estate debate, the luggage capacity for a saloon is 404 litres, and the capacity for a touring is 370 litres to the load cover, so estate it definetely isn't!

I dont think people buy them for the capacity up to the load cover, they buy them for the capacity above the load cover and when the seats are down

[bri957]

Always liked them, and found that they were generally in better condition that the same age and price saloons.



Cheers Bri

[Karan]

i have a tourer and i love it!!! the balance is so good once ure in a slide compared to a saloon. and they look the titties

[JoeP]

I've wanted one since they first came out but I do generally prefer estate cars. They're more practical, I can sleep in the back. They're not as common as saloons and just look classier.All I really need now is a tech II kit, a tech I wheel, some sports seats, 16" BBS', lowering springs for the front and she'll be sweet as.
Echo all of Danstable's points.
Mine is identical to andyp's.

[UweM3]

Always liked them, and found that they were generally in better condition that the same age and price saloons.

I bought this 320i on Sat for Ԛ£220.



Bargain in my opinion with fsh, tax and mot.

Cheers Bri

Why???
Why can't I find one for that sort of money??? Seems that always when I was out for looking one the prices are skyhigh

If they would do an E30 M3 touring, I would have one!!!

[bri957]

Just got to be looking in the right places I suppose.

Never on Autotrader as people have to pay to advertise - no value on cars worth less than Ԛ£400.

I found this one on a free ads website, there are loads of them out there craigslist, gumtree, findit etc. Local papers are pretty useful too, and ring around a few dealers and see what trade ins they have.

Good luck.

Cheers Bri

[chippenham_touring]

Did anyone see the article in Autocar a couple of months ago - 30 years of the 3 series? Some bloke at BMW made his 3 series into an estate at home, showed it to the board and they decided to put it into production!
That makes it cool!

[6potWil6pot]

Did anyone see the article in Autocar a couple of months ago - 30 years of the 3 series? Some bloke at BMW made his 3 series into an estate at home, showed it to the board and they decided to put it into production!
That makes it cool!

Yeah they used his exact design save the rear tailgate and gave him the last ever Touring off the production line

[fuzzy]

i bought my touring because i needed a small van to carry my work tools and i also needed a fast car for the thrills ,but i couldnt afford to buy and maintain both so a touring was an ideal compromise