Suggest me a New Car to replace my ED30 ?

[garrardrj]

Two weeks on from selling my Edition 30 i cannot find a car to replace it . The ED30 had something about it , something that ownership of it gives you a good feeling just in owning it . The trouble is that i need  the new car to be quite practical and be possible to fit a towbar or hidden towbar . I have a sort of shortlist of Audi Allroad , X3 , X5 , Audi Quattro Avant , 3 Series Estate , Audi S4 Estate , Mercedes C Class Estate  . None of them really gives me the feeling i had with the ED30 , apart from the S4 Estate . I dont want to be paying the £490 Road tax either as i will be only doing 3k a year max  ....

Have considered a MK7 GTI and a ED35 but they don't give me the "Feeling" of owning something special

So is there actually a car that exists that could give me the same feeling ?

RS4's i have considered too , but no towbar for them too .

Budget , preferably around £20k but upto £30k if something special

[Wardy91-ed30]

Audi TTRS .... With a towbar lol

[V2 FAN]

I spent the best part of 6 months deciding on what car to buy having sold my Range Rover.
With a good budget and most cars within financial reach only one stood out and that was the Ed30.

It by far the best and most practical car I have owned and I have owned a fair few.
I would have kept the Ed30 and perhaps would have purchased a mk4 Golf with a tow bar.

It be interesting to see where you go from here.

Good luck 

[rich83]

Buy another edition 30?

[Ranbeer Singh]

Mercedes C63 AMG 

[dan930]

Mercedes C63 AMG 

I was going to suggest the same but road tax isn't cheap

[N8KOW]

Neither is the fuel bill! I'm going to replace my ED30 with a Mk6 Golf R me thinks 

[berg]

B8 s4 avant black edition?

have you test driven one?

[Saintsteve]

Neither is the fuel bill! I'm going to replace my ED30 with a Mk6 Golf R me thinks 

I'd buy a mk6 R because it looks really purposeful, but it's blunt to drive compared to the Ed30.

[GrayMK5GTI]

Neither is the fuel bill! I'm going to replace my ED30 with a Mk6 Golf R me thinks 

I'd buy a mk6 R because it looks really purposeful, but it's blunt to drive compared to the Ed30.

X2.

To make a 4WD as much fun as an Ed30, you need to throw some serious power through those rear wheels. 

A stock Golf R wouldn't really make the grade. Stage 2+ would be great off the line, but would lose out to a stage 2+ ed30 from a rolling start with the weight of all the 4WD running gear

[betty_swollox]

If it was me and I had 20-30K to spend, I would buy 2 cars; One practical car for using the towbar and another for being  nice to drive


I dunno how you can complain about the RS4 road tax when you are able to afford to spend £30k on a car  lol

I'd maybe get an ED30 and an A4 avant?

[betty_swollox]

BTW that didn't mean to come across as if I was sticking my nose into your money situation etc, just my opinion mate

[garrardrj]

BTW that didn't mean to come across as if I was sticking my nose into your money situation etc, just my opinion mate

Thats Fine , i hate paying any tax , hence not wanting to pay £490 when i don't have to , the cost of the car is secondary , its the cost to run it thats costly to me as i don't work anymore  

Anyway has anyone ever driven a Twisted Land Rover Defender , what was it like ? and yes i know they are £490 Road Tax !

[Chris92]

Neither is the fuel bill! I'm going to replace my ED30 with a Mk6 Golf R me thinks  

I'd buy a mk6 R because it looks really purposeful, but it's blunt to drive compared to the Ed30.

X2.

To make a 4WD as much fun as an Ed30, you need to throw some serious power through those rear wheels.  

A stock Golf R wouldn't really make the grade. Stage 2+ would be great off the line, but would lose out to a stage 2+ ed30 from a rolling start with the weight of all the 4WD running gear

Surely only in bone dry weather? I know, well I don't drive fast on the damp roads but to still press your foot down without worrying about wheel spinning must be nicer in the R than a ed30?

[RoMocop]

I can confirm the R in the pissing rain sticks like sh*t on a blanket no matter how hard you hit the throttle.