Wagon superiority thread
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One of my favourites was this swap:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a21727818/bmw-e39-m5-touring-wagon-for-sale/
Another:
http://www.speedhunters.com/2019/02/the-e39-m5-touring-which-bmw-didnt-get-to-keep/
There was one here in Ontario as well, guy was a member of M5board.
Here's a cool video of the process:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a21727818/bmw-e39-m5-touring-wagon-for-sale/
Another:
http://www.speedhunters.com/2019/02/the-e39-m5-touring-which-bmw-didnt-get-to-keep/
There was one here in Ontario as well, guy was a member of M5board.
Here's a cool video of the process:
One of my favourites was this swap:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a21727818/bmw-e39-m5-touring-wagon-for-sale/
Another:
http://www.speedhunters.com/2019/02/the-e39-m5-touring-which-bmw-didnt-get-to-keep/
There was one here in Ontario as well, guy was a member of M5board.
Here's a cool video of the process:
Is that the manual V8?
OVERKILL
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Yep, S62 backed by the Getrag 6spd.
When I started getting serious about getting a Euro wagon about 10 years ago, I test drove a 525 E39 and really liked it..then I found out they had a 540 with the V8...thankfully as much as these are cool I held off and got something newer/more reliable for a daily. The shop that does work on my VWs has a M5 of that gen sitting out front, gorgeous car. Buddy has one as well that I go to the track with.
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I have not seen anything in this thread to drool over - I actually just mocked it all with that post …
It‘s a Callaway - so there’s that …
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Winner - Winner … Where would you like your chicken dinner ?
https://www.goodwood.com/grr/road/news/2018/5/six-of-the-best-shooting-brakes/
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You either like wagons or not, it's somewhat polarizing. To me, the Euro wagons that are fast are just so cool and it's always fun to bully faster cars with them. You get a sports car that carry stuff...what's not to like? Or you can drive an SUV/CUV and lumber around to accomplish most of the same tasks sans the offroad bits (or towing) but plenty of lifted wagons doing just fine for the hipster-overlanding stuff nowadays.
Zero.
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That was pretty mild - especially compared to the non stop bashing of US brands this site can’t get enough of …
Exactly. I must admit that laugh at all the mall-crawler lifted Jeeps that are nearly carbon-copies of each other daily around here. Never seen an once of dirt and folks drive something so comprised for road-use to look good. Whatever floats your boat right? And I like Jeeps BTW...2-door with some tires would be fine with me for summer.
Like I said, ASWOA.com is LONG gone. Im 99.99% sure anyone on facebook I dont know and is likely not connected to the former as most of us originals are old, retired or dead. All of my build pages lost in the sea of ether bits.
But since you insist on the comparo being invalid...lets take 1 square sub and 1 chevy kingswood (aka clamshell).
Full body on chassis c frame, boxed in at the front: check
4 passenger doors and 1 big door in back with glass: check
Big azz steel bumpers: check
at least 2 rows of seats, with option for a 3rd row: check
Hydraulic disk brakes front, drum rear: check
MarkiV big block 454 engine: check
THM-400 tranny: check
PS, PB, Air, and perhaps windows and locks as well: check
clock in around 2.5 tons empty: check
coil springs up front: check
elliptical leafs in the rear: check
popular with growing familes with perhaps a trailer to tow: check
get crap for mileage: check
registration class says 'station wagon' on it: check
The only diff I see is that the clamshell has a 12bolt semi-floating rear and the sub has a 14 bolt full floater
Yeah, that makes em completely different.
it would seem these have far more in common both form and function (wait didnt I say that?) than your VW wagon. It might be more correct to list the VW 'wagon' as just some weird VW beetle or 'thing' followon. Everyone knows the 411 and 412 were the REAL VW wagons ANYWAYS. (had some of them too)
ps: I neglected to mention the Buick Estate clamshell, which while being far more popular and desired, has a 455 inch engine therefore they would be super uber different
But since you insist on the comparo being invalid...lets take 1 square sub and 1 chevy kingswood (aka clamshell).
Full body on chassis c frame, boxed in at the front: check
4 passenger doors and 1 big door in back with glass: check
Big azz steel bumpers: check
at least 2 rows of seats, with option for a 3rd row: check
Hydraulic disk brakes front, drum rear: check
MarkiV big block 454 engine: check
THM-400 tranny: check
PS, PB, Air, and perhaps windows and locks as well: check
clock in around 2.5 tons empty: check
coil springs up front: check
elliptical leafs in the rear: check
popular with growing familes with perhaps a trailer to tow: check
get crap for mileage: check
registration class says 'station wagon' on it: check
The only diff I see is that the clamshell has a 12bolt semi-floating rear and the sub has a 14 bolt full floater
Yeah, that makes em completely different.
it would seem these have far more in common both form and function (wait didnt I say that?) than your VW wagon. It might be more correct to list the VW 'wagon' as just some weird VW beetle or 'thing' followon. Everyone knows the 411 and 412 were the REAL VW wagons ANYWAYS. (had some of them too)
ps: I neglected to mention the Buick Estate clamshell, which while being far more popular and desired, has a 455 inch engine therefore they would be super uber different
higher seating, ergo better visibility, shorter LOA or wheelbase - makes women love em. put a woman up in a CUV and she aint never going back down into a roller skate - regardless what it has.
My wife most certainly is not that way - we have a VW Altas and as the kids have gotten older and we don't need the carrying capacity of a 3-row SUV, she would like to get back in something smaller/more fun - maybe an Audi S5 etc. That's a pretty big generalization dude. Wait, by your logic/definintion here the Atlas is also a station wagon like basically everything on the road today!
