Seriously?

[Laird Scooby]

For an estate car, they're quite pretty in a breeze-block-aerodynamic, function over form aesthetic, however there are better looking estates around although not necessarily as practical as a 2/7/9 series Volvo.

They're not completely butt-ugly but they're not the best looking car in the world, neither are they the ugliest - i think that moniker goes to the Chrysler 300C estate, not to be confused with the Nissan 300C estate that is quite good looking in an 80s-Japanese huge estate way.

The bonus of the Nissan 300C estate (besides being better looking than the Chrysler that "borrowed" its name) is the VG30E 3.0 V6 under the bonnet, manual only with live rear axle (a bit like a Volvo on that last bit) and a rear window that winds down and/or has triple wipers on it, depending on options selected and territory.

[Moomoo]

The 245 could have been crafted at the hand of Michelangelo himself.

There are non so blind………

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Moomoo

The 245 could have been crafted at the hand of Michelangelo himself.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?

No! T’other one!🤨

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Moomoo

No! T’other one!🤨

There's another Michaelangelo?

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

There's another Michaelangelo?

Pearls before swine!

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Moomoo

Pearls before swine!

Eloquently put - or as the apiarist might say, beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder.

To be fair, i think that was your point all along - you find the lines of the 244/5 appealing?
Like i said, i don't think it's ugly but i do think there are better looking estates but none so practical and after all, that's why many of us buy estates.

That said i couldn't resist having a bit of fun seeing as you suggested Michelangelo could have sculpted a 245 as i doubt cars would have been his thing or if they were, something more like a Maserati 3200GT, Ferrari Dino or similar. All conjecture obviously as there are a few centuries difference between Michelangelo and the 245.............

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Eloquently put - or as the apiarist might say, beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder.

To be fair, i think that was your point all along - you find the lines of the 244/5 appealing?
Like i said, i don't think it's ugly but i do think there are better looking estates but none so practical and after all, that's why many of us buy estates.

That said i couldn't resist having a bit of fun seeing as you suggested Michelangelo could have sculpted a 245 as i doubt cars would have been his thing or if they were, something more like a Maserati 3200GT, Ferrari Dino or similar. All conjecture obviously as there are a few centuries difference between Michelangelo and the 245.............

Aye, all my friends refer to it as the “box”!

Never mind!

Your reference to bees made me think of “ I’m sorry , I haven’t a clue”,
when a Jewish priest was asked to fabricate an apiary, Judas Maccabaeus!

I’ll get my coat!😄

[BicycleBoy]

240 GLT estate in Cornwall
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175426122625
High mileage MOT failure and miles away from most people. This should reveal the bottom of the market for running GLTs...

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

240 GLT estate in Cornwall
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175426122625
High mileage MOT failure and miles away from most people. This should reveal the bottom of the market for running GLTs...

It's what i call an "honest high miler" though, he's racked up the mileage in normal use and the MoT failure only sounds just bad enough that you'd know it wouldn't go straight through unless Mr Magoo was your tester.
That said, you could legitimately book an MoT for it when you collect it and drive it straight to the test centre and from there home - all legally as long as you were insured.
Whether you'd want to or not is another matter but legally, you could.

That said it's also what i'd call a "good 20 pacer" - looks good at 20 paces away but get closer and you'd start noticing things like the "aerated sill" and so on - so might an over-zealous PC in the passsenger seat of a Police car and give you a pull for it. If he (or she) was over-zealous enough, he'd get a Traffic Officer along (which would delay you and make you miss your pre-arranged MoT test) to go over it with a fine-toothed comb. No doubt that would reveal a few more faults than the average moT tester would fail it for.

However, i can't remember the last time i saw a police car on the road, certainly round here anyway. Seen several illegally parked, half on pavements, facing the wrong way, on double yellow lines or other marked restrictions and sometimes a combination of the above.

As such, driving from pick-up to MoT and then home would be a calculated risk, probably one you'd get away with but a risk nonetheless.

If i was in the market for a 240GLT estate, i'd probably bid up to ~£200 for it but i'm not. My next estate is likely to be a bit more modern, simply for parts availability and with one possible exception, likely to be another V6 of some description.


PS - i've just noticed he'll deliver it for £3.35!