calteg said:
06HHR (Forum Supporter) said:
Puts flame suit on:
I owned one of these once upon a time, in almost this exact spec. I miss it dearly, if I could find one in decent shape i'd snap in up in a heartbeat. They are nicer than they look. And will easily swallow an SR20DE drivetrain and the engine hoist I used to pull it.
It's disgusting that a wagon thread went 10 replies without Volvo 240 being mentioned.
The SS version of the HHR has a few parts that are NLA, knocks them out of contention in my book
Here's my volvo 240 wagon
In reply to buzzboy :
It was a 2001. Subaru paid for the guaranteed to fail head gaskets, but declined to replace the clutch, which had the typical Subaru judder. The car was painfully slow and got mid-20's mpg.
Sonic
UberDork
2/6/25 8:11 p.m.
This one has served us exceptionally well for 5 years and 70k miles now. Twin turbo V6 has plenty of power, can go from serene and calm to quite quick on its feet with the push of a button, plus it drives itself on the highway, and gets an avg of 25mpg, 28-30 all highway. No real problems to speak of.
Hard to imagine that lots of the now-classic muscle cars were also available as wagons. Here are a couple that I wouldn't mind having around:
docwyte said:
I love wagons, particularly fast ones and I've owned plenty in the past. However, for me, SUV's have several advantages...
#1 I can drive over the berm of snow at the end of my driveway without ripping off my rear bumper cover
#2 Tow hitch for towing trailers, bike tray and motorcycle tray
#4 They weigh enough that I can take advantage of tax codes with my business, allowing me to buy a nicer, newer SUV vs a wagon.
Other than #4 you have described the best ever Wagon/CUV/SUV/? which is my Jeep XJ
The best car ever made! Period!
TravisTheHuman said:
I understand the argument for smaller SUVs also. A lot of wagons in the first post are BIG. The Lexus is 177" long, but all of the rest are longer than a Rav 4 (181") by varying amounts while also having a lot less interior volume.
Parking long cars sucks.
The rav4 interior volume is a bit misleading. Adding cubic inches of space vertically is nowhere close to as useful for typical wagon-style cargo as adding it horizontally.
