A £3000 Dog Car

[randomman]

Hi all,

Thought I would post this us as someone has come to me asking for advice and I wanted to see if I had missed anything.

Basically the criteria is a £3-4000 (only 4 for the perfect car) estate car. Looking at least 55mpg (so definately diesel) on extra urban trips, no interest in 'fun' or speed, purely reliable, economical method of moving a four legged friend... I knew there was a reason I prefered cats.

Many Thanks

[miniman]

Octavia Diesel would do the job.

[eltax91]

Octavia TDi. Perhaps in estate form for the dogs. Although loose the parcel shelf and the hatch is immense in size.

[AnotherClarkey]

2nd gen Prius would be perfect - easy 56-57mpg on urban trips (and cheaper fuel than diesel), good boot with low level window that the dog can see out of when lying down. Our Lab loves ours.

Sorry, misread that as urban rather than extra-urban. Will still manage 55mpg though - excellent reliability too.

Edited by AnotherClarkey on Saturday 16th March 16:39

[RobM77]

I'd second the above. Octavia diesel or perhaps a Toyota Avensis, Nissan Primera or even one of the big Citroens. Depreciation is kind to people just after reliability, cause sometimes the best built cars have no decent image and their values drop like a stone (I'm thinking mainly of the Toyota and Nissan).

[dafeller]

E39 BMW 530i Sport Touring on lpg.

You buy this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-530i-SPORT-TOURING-A...

and the lpg conversion runs you about £1200. I average 30 mpg by the computer in the car and at 74 pence a litre, I'm surely getting more than 50 mpg on an economic basis.

[Matt UK]

B5 Passat estate 130 tdi

[340600]

A Peugeot 307 or 407 estate should fit the bill and can be had for peanuts.

[McWigglebum4th]

Must do 55Mpg

How many miles a year does the dog do?

[Caulkhead]

randomman said:

Hi all,

Thought I would post this us as someone has come to me asking for advice and I wanted to see if I had missed anything.

Basically the criteria is a £3-4000 (only 4 for the perfect car) estate car. Looking at least 55mpg (so definately diesel) on extra urban trips, no interest in 'fun' or speed, purely reliable, economical method of moving a four legged friend... I knew there was a reason I prefered cats.

Many Thanks

I've got a Fiat Doblo for my dog. Does nearly 55mpg, has been very reliable and has that vital dog car extra - opening rear side windows for the boot!

[Matt UK]

McWigglebum4th said:

Must do 55Mpg

How many miles a year does the dog do?

More now that he's had to take a job on the other side of the county. Sign of the times.

[Justin Case]

How big is the dog; our King Charles Spaniel travels quite happily in the back of our Mazda 6 estate in a medium size dog cage and there is still plenty of room for luggage,etc. In fact you could probably get anything in there up to the Hound of the Baskervilles without the animal being squashed up!