Estate, or not to Estate.

[Ben Jay]

I prefered the handling of my estate over any of the hatches iv owned , found the extra weight over the rear made it a good bit more predictable when throwing it about and less likely to "snap" into loos ...infinitely usefull loadspace , wish I had never got rid of mine , then again we would never have had the meatwagon if I hadnt

This! There's a lane near me that I take on my way home from work. I dare take a corner on it above 50 in my hatchback before the rear would start to slide. In my estate I can do it plus 60 with out any issues!

How much of that is down to the difference in shells and how much down to differences in suspension and tyres though?

After all, most 306's these days have well over 100k miles and thus usually have tired dampers, knackered beam mounts, rear beams that are falling apart, and often budget tyres that are different between the front and rear axles. That little lot would make way way more difference than a little extra weight and possible small differences in shell stiffness ever would.

Using the same wheels and tyres as I swapped them from the hatchback. And this one has more miles on it haha