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estate vs hatch - Uberderv - 08-02-2014
I might be looking to buy an estate in the near future and would like to stay with a Peugeot 306 but was wondering if the estate has more leg room for rear passengers and more head room over all? I just find my Xtdt fractionally too small, especially if I have passengers.
Cheers
RE: estate vs hatch - Danny2009 - 08-02-2014
there the same as a hatch just bigger boot.
RE: estate vs hatch - Toms306 - 08-02-2014
Go for a 406 estate imo...
Get more toys and more room! Though the extra weight does reduce the acceleration and economy obviously.
RE: estate vs hatch - Grant - 08-02-2014
(08-02-2014, 12:24 PM)Danny2009 Wrote: there the same as a hatch just bigger boot.
And taller roof
estate vs hatch - Ben Jay - 08-02-2014
I moved from a hatch to an estate. Handles the same but just has capacity for more stuff to fly around the boot when chucking it down a country lane!
RE: estate vs hatch - Uberderv - 08-02-2014
Cheers, unless the non sunroof versions would offer more noggin room? Has to be XUD through. My oldest daughter buggers off to uni this year so her knees digging into my back should be solved.
The 406 estate would give plenty of room but my gate posts dont offer alot of room either side of a 306 so I'm not sure it would fit on the drive when I need to work on it.
Its mainly a motorway slogger i'm after that will run on WVO and return good MPG. Not too bothered about toys as they are just extra weight and its good to have a bit of poke on the motorway.
RE: estate vs hatch - Grant - 08-02-2014
A non sunroof would offer more head room yes, combined with the extra headroom of an estate, would definitely see more gains.
Obviously it will be no wider, just a smidge longer, at 4.34m compared to the 4.03m of the hatch
RE: estate vs hatch - Niall - 08-02-2014
(08-02-2014, 12:57 PM)Grant Wrote: A non sunroof would offer more head room yes, combined with the extra headroom of an estate, would definitely see more gains.
Obviously it will be no wider, just a smidge longer, at 4.34m compared to the 4.03m of the hatch
Only rear head room is different. Wont make a single bit of difference at the front
RE: estate vs hatch - Grant - 08-02-2014
(08-02-2014, 01:33 PM)Niall Wrote:(08-02-2014, 12:57 PM)Grant Wrote: A non sunroof would offer more head room yes, combined with the extra headroom of an estate, would definitely see more gains.
Obviously it will be no wider, just a smidge longer, at 4.34m compared to the 4.03m of the hatch
Only rear head room is different. Wont make a single bit of difference at the front
How so? The roof is higher on an estate, across the length...
RE: estate vs hatch - Eeyore - 08-02-2014
I dont think the roof is higher :/
RE: estate vs hatch - Grant - 08-02-2014
(08-02-2014, 01:45 PM)SRowell Wrote: I dont think the roof is higher :/
If you look at the line along the top of the doors on a hatch, then an estate, the roof on the estate sticks up about 2 inches higher.
RE: estate vs hatch - Niall - 08-02-2014
Which IIRC is taken up with strengthening bars going side to side unlike the hatch where the bar across the middle is lower and the roof lining is formed to go around it.
RE: estate vs hatch - Uberderv - 08-02-2014
So if I go for non sunroof 306 estate it should offer more heed room and obviously mega boot space. Just hope there is a decent XUDt out there
RE: estate vs hatch - Dum-Dum - 08-02-2014
The roofline on the estate is marginally higher only by 20mm though. It doesn't slope away at the back either. I'll go and sit in the back of mine and tell you about head room as im 6ft 4in tall
RE: estate vs hatch - puglove - 08-02-2014
Id say the estate has a fair bit more head room in an estate, seems alot roomier in mine compared to my 6
RE: estate vs hatch - Uberderv - 08-02-2014
(08-02-2014, 08:44 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: The roofline on the estate is marginally higher only by 20mm though. It doesn't slope away at the back either. I'll go and sit in the back of mine and tell you about head room as im 6ft 4in tall
I'm about 6ft1 and 100kg and if I wear my hat my head touches the roof which can get annoying on the 40 mile drive to work. If you can fit in the front I'm sure I'll be OK.
RE: estate vs hatch - Dum-Dum - 08-02-2014
Just on Ben jays point of handling the same they pretty much are but in LOOS you really feel the extra weight at the back. They also have really big torsion bars. Mine are bigger than gti6 ones.
RE: estate vs hatch - Poodle - 09-02-2014
(08-02-2014, 09:17 PM)Uberderv Wrote: I'm about 6ft1 and 100kg and if I wear my hat my head touches the roof which can get annoying on the 40 mile drive to work. If you can fit in the front I'm sure I'll be OK.
Have you tried taking your hat off? :p
RE: estate vs hatch - Uberderv - 09-02-2014
(09-02-2014, 09:59 AM)Poodle Wrote:(08-02-2014, 09:17 PM)Uberderv Wrote: I'm about 6ft1 and 100kg and if I wear my hat my head touches the roof which can get annoying on the 40 mile drive to work. If you can fit in the front I'm sure I'll be OK.
Have you tried taking your hat off? :p
Ha ha or I could open sunroof
RE: estate vs hatch - Poodle - 09-02-2014
RE: estate vs hatch - Toms306 - 09-02-2014
6ft1 and 100kg....and you drive a 205!?
RE: estate vs hatch - Uberderv - 09-02-2014
(09-02-2014, 11:29 AM)Toms306 Wrote: 6ft1 and 100kg....and you drive a 205!?
LOL for a small car there's a good amount of space, the only mod con in mine is the radio so nothing gets taken up with electro Gubbins
RE: estate vs hatch - Toms306 - 09-02-2014
Haha, fair enough! I had a 106 for a short while, and that felt really cramped.....and I'm only 55kg and 6ft lol.
