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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Neil955i on October 02, 2022, 03:32:44 PM
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Seems my better half has now got fed up with the amount of time that her Land Rover Range Rover Sport spends in the workshop. She has been offered a lease vehicle through her work and the short list seems to be a BMW X3 30e M Sport https://www.whatcar.com/bmw/x3/4x4/xdrive-30e-m-sport-5dr-auto/98354#specification
Anyone on here got any experience of them? Specifically, the trunk (boot) size. Will 2 dogs, one 50 kgs and the other 32 kgs fit in?
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Seems my better half has now got fed up with the amount of time that her Land Rover Range Rover Sport spends in the workshop. She has been offered a lease vehicle through her work and the short list seems to be a BMW X3 30e M Sport https://www.whatcar.com/bmw/x3/4x4/xdrive-30e-m-sport-5dr-auto/98354#specification
Anyone on here got any experience of them? Specifically, the trunk (boot) size. Will 2 dogs, one 50 kgs and the other 32 kgs fit in?
This is going to sound weird - but if it's just you and your wife and you have another car, have you considered a small van for the dogs? We used to have a Peugeot Partner for a work van and it was the most useful thing ever and would easily take two dogs with beds. Cheap on diesel too
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Not weird no, but can't see the wife being happy to pole up to work meetings in a van!
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my neighbor just had a Fisher plow mounted to a Tesla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aQuQKQ5eS4&t=1s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aQuQKQ5eS4&t=1s)
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Go with the BMW X5 M Competition, a lot more fun...lol
Dean
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Go with the BMW X5 M Competition, a lot more fun...lol
Dean
And a tad more expensive? 🤣
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"She's not a van lover?"
Not me of course.....but a guy sitting behind me on the subway - reading your post over my shoulder, wondered out loud:
(https://i.postimg.cc/pXBncthY/vw12.jpg)
Stig
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You’re still a real lover of those VeeDub camper vans aintcha Stig? No, having lived with a touring caravan for two years, we’re far happier with our static (trailer) with its plumbed in water, sewage, electric and internet!
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Slightly off-topic - but ....
The 30-something lady across the street just brought home a VW Beetle convertible a few weeks ago.
And, bless her heart - she drives that baby around with that top down nearly every day!
She just came home for lunch - looks like a nursing uniform....heck of a sound system!
I see a few of those around town - but they never put the top down?
I drove a couple yr old 60-something Ford Mustang convertible in Massachusetts for a year. I hardly ever put the top up!
Snow goes right over when you're on I-90!....and the heat blasts out on your feet with the top down.
Loved that car!
After snapping 2 sockets - I gave up trying to change the plugs on it. doan-fool-widit! is my mechanical motto.
Stig
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And a tad more expensive? 🤣
What happened Neil, your anticipated income tax reduction isn’t going to happen? ::)
My Mini Countryman can handle the dogs and it looks stylish doing it. While I haven’t had two dogs at once, I did convey 4 adults, one service dog (retriever), and all needed luggage for a 4-day trip to DC so lobby congress. As the X3 is larger than the X1/2 on which the Mini is based, I think it should work for her needs. Cheers.
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"She's not a van lover?"
Not me of course.....but a guy sitting behind me on the subway - reading your post over my shoulder, wondered out loud:
(https://i.postimg.cc/pXBncthY/vw12.jpg)
Stig
what can I say, I don't mind the tall shift lever that has no feel for being where you put it. I'f I come across a clean example at a reasonable price, I will build a garage for it
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what can I say, I don't mind the tall shift lever that has no feel for being where you put it. I'f I come across a clean example at a reasonable price, I will build a garage for it
It's an art. Musn't hurry things. I found that using Red Line fluid helped things - especially in the winter!
You can stop seeing your breath after about 20 mins on I-90....in Feb.
A Friend in Germany - a retired teacher in Frankfurt, leads a yearly humanitarian convoy of 1st 2nd and 3rd gen, VW Transporters across Europe to places of need. They carry medical supplies, clothes, toys for children. etc. They get quite a bit of support from the VW museum in Wolfsburg and Catholic groups.
He sent me a video of these old VW Transporters going flat-out around the Nürburgring one day .....some with the Porsche engines were pretty impressive!
Stig
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Ah!, I had a gas heater, it robbed me at least 10mpg, but kept me toasty warm, on one venture taking the hockey team to a Maine Mariners game, the other parent chaperone, on a -15° night and says "geez, it's like a wood stove"
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Thanks Manc, useful observations. Well, maybe not on the Tax relief... ;D
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Thanks Manc, useful observations. Well, maybe not on the Tax relief... ;D
Is crash-worthiness a top priority?
Subarus seem to score well.
Stig
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Is crash-worthiness a top priority?
Subarus seem to score well.
Stig
They also have something of a “boy racer” image over here?…
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They also have something of a “boy racer” image over here?…
Yeah, no...my SIL bought one of those low slung 2 dr sport cars. Not the rallycar thing.....are they all blue🙃?
No, I mean the 4WD SUV-like things from Subaru.
Safe as houses
Stig
Stig
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Yeah, no...my SIL bought one of those low slung 2 dr sport cars. Not the rallycar thing.....are they all blue🙃?
No, I mean the 4WD SUV-like things from Subaru.
Safe as houses
Stig
Stig
Academic Stig, it’s not a marque her works car leasing scheme lists.
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Seems my better half has now got fed up with the amount of time that her Land Rover Range Rover Sport spends in the workshop. She has been offered a lease vehicle through her work and the short list seems to be a BMW X3 30e M Sport https://www.whatcar.com/bmw/x3/4x4/xdrive-30e-m-sport-5dr-auto/98354#specification
Anyone on here got any experience of them? Specifically, the trunk (boot) size. Will 2 dogs, one 50 kgs and the other 32 kgs fit in?
I went back and looked at your original question, my son has an X5, with it's v8, size and power specs are similar, I don't see any problem holding your proposed cargo & pets.
pay attention to towing limits if you tow, my son has to get my Silverado to tow his boat, he tried once with his X5, and ended up calling me after his boat pushed him off the road
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"She's not a van lover?"
Not me of course.....but a guy sitting behind me on the subway - reading your post over my shoulder, wondered out loud:
(https://i.postimg.cc/pXBncthY/vw12.jpg)
Stig
That thing with a Corvair 6 is perfect!
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That thing with a Corvair 6 is perfect!
back in the day, my grandma had a turbo corsa 180hp, it was right when I was starting to drive, so I only got to drive it once, and my grandma was with me :( but probably a good thing, 1960's handling with 180hp in the hands of a 15 year old
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I went back and looked at your original question, my son has an X5, with it's v8, size and power specs are similar, I don't see any problem holding your proposed cargo & pets.
pay attention to towing limits if you tow, my son has to get my Silverado to tow his boat, he tried once with his X5, and ended up calling me after his boat pushed him off the road
Thanks Randy. I like the look of the Beemer, but wife is now looking also at the Volvo XC60? Comparable cargo space.
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Thanks Randy. I like the look of the Beemer, but wife is now looking also at the Volvo XC60? Comparable cargo space.
bimmer.... bikes are beemers, cars are bimmers
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Seems my better half has now got fed up with the amount of time that her Land Rover Range Rover Sport spends in the workshop. She has been offered a lease vehicle through her work and the short list seems to be a BMW X3 30e M Sport https://www.whatcar.com/bmw/x3/4x4/xdrive-30e-m-sport-5dr-auto/98354#specification
Anyone on here got any experience of them? Specifically, the trunk (boot) size. Will 2 dogs, one 50 kgs and the other 32 kgs fit in?
All I know is there are tons of videos on Youtube where you are being taught how to work on your BMW....that they are notorious for having "issues".....kinda like the word about Harley's for years was "bring your tools".
It seems BMW is one of the greatest cars WHEN they are running....
And of course EVERYTHING is a rumor until you experience something for yourself....LOL
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bimmer.... bikes are beemers, cars are bimmers
Was never aware of that distinction! Not sure it’s a thing this side of the Pond?
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All I know is there are tons of videos on Youtube where you are being taught how to work on your BMW....that they are notorious for having "issues".....kinda like the word about Harley's for years was "bring your tools".
It seems BMW is one of the greatest cars WHEN they are running....
And of course EVERYTHING is a rumor until you experience something for yourself....LOL
Good point Quick-Star, at least all maintenance would be covered on the scheme…
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Just to close this thread down with some sort of resolution, we have now put a deposit down on a new (to us) car. Decided in the end not to go the lease route given the dead money / pension implications with the way the scheme is structured here in the UK. So, what did we decide on? "We", that is my darling wife, decided on a Mercedes C-Class Estate. (OK, it's not a VeeDub Stig, but at least it's German?) She fell in love with the colour (!) and the panoramic sunroof.
In fairness this will be her third Merc, so she knows and loves the marque and having test driven it, I have to admit it's a nice ride and has the full complement of toys. There will be enough room in the back for the dogs and I'm actually looking forward to her picking it up next week.
(PS: The Landy now seems to have developed a torque converter fault, so the decision to get rid seems like a no-brainer.)
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Just to close this thread down with some sort of resolution, we have now put a deposit down on a new (to us) car. Decided in the end not to go the lease route given the dead money / pension implications with the way the scheme is structured here in the UK. So, what did we decide on? "We", that is my darling wife, decided on a Mercedes C-Class Estate. (OK, it's not a VeeDub Stig, but at least it's German?) She fell in love with the colour (!) and the panoramic sunroof.
In fairness this will be her third Merc, so she knows and loves the marque and having test driven it, I have to admit it's a nice ride and has the full complement of toys. There will be enough room in the back for the dogs and I'm actually looking forward to her picking it up next week.
(PS: The Landy now seems to have developed a torque converter fault, so the decision to get rid seems like a no-brainer.)
Cool!
Remember ...."NPIDH~!"
(I was born in Munich - to a girl from Tenn. and a navigator from Ohio - but my German tastes run to the early, simpler VDubs)
Chosen by "colour"....CTTOI*, all my girl pals have been blondes ;)
Stig
come to think of it*
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Thanks Stig, I'll be back with a few photos* when we bring it home. Delayed by a few days owing to a factory recall for the software to be updated! :(
* Attached is the pre-preparation dealer photo
BTW, "colour". See what you did there!
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I like the small wagons (or Estates). Very practical and nice ride and car like handling. We owned a Subaru Outback wagon for 13 years. Very practical little car. For some reason the small wagons / estates never caught on here in the US.
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Very true Hawk. Think covered pick up for lousy UK weather! 😂🤣
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I like the small wagons (or Estates). Very practical and nice ride and car like handling. We owned a Subaru Outback wagon for 13 years. Very practical little car. For some reason the small wagons / estates never caught on here in the US.
trucks being as popular as they are, I'm surprised, UTEs are missing from the American market
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trucks being as popular as they are, I'm surprised, UTEs are missing from the American market
One of my wife's ancestors was a Ute.
Alta Music was her name.
Yes, Ute's are getting thin on the ground.
Stig
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The color and roof style have never been listed in my must haves for a new vehicle but that’s just me. That said, I am sure that I could be quite happy with your wife’s choice for a new car. Nice looking, good brand, happy wife, happy life. Congrats to her