Thinking of this for the Rottwieler walkies

[Merc 450]

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
Currently i just have the Mustang and transporting the dog (10 stone Rottwieler puppy) means wedging him between the front passenger seat and the glovebox. What would an old X5 be like for say 2000 miles a year, which is half of the Mustang mileage shared if that makes sense. cheers in advance

[bigdom]

Personally I wouldn't. I cannot help feel you would have engine issues quite quickly with such limited mileage. My daily needs a motorway run every few weeks to regenerate, that has a 10/12 miles each way.

I'd go petrol, probably smaller engined, and lower boot entry height for the dog. Estate or hatchback.

[helix402]

There’s no DPF on the X5 E53. The pictured one looks like it was run on a shoestring like a lot of old X5s. It might be reliable it might not.

[d_a_n1979]

Merc 450 said:

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
Currently i just have the Mustang and transporting the dog (10 stone Rottwieler puppy) means wedging him between the front passenger seat and the glovebox. What would an old X5 be like for say 2000 miles a year, which is half of the Mustang mileage shared if that makes sense. cheers in advance

If it's been well maintained beforehand and you're able to give it an Italian tune up once a week, I'd say it'd be fine

I had a 730D for 6 months; zero issues and I only did around 1.8k miles in it, if that. I had the swirl flaps and engine serviced (filters/fluids) as soon as I bought it and replaced the main & EGR stats with genuine BMW items, all for peace of mind and it never let me down. Same engine as the X5 you're looking into

I'm not a dirty oil burner fan; I bought the car on its spec/colour rather than the engine.

If this is for mainly dog runs etc; why don't you look at something like an E39 525i / 528i / 530i petrol touring (same car as the X5, just the X5s on stilts) But it's petrol and with a solid engine and again, if looked after, will run & run

[Order66]

I've got the same engine in a similar age 525d. It has been very reliable, I bought it at 85k and its now over 135k and still goes like a train. Had no issues with the engine and the only work I've done to it was replacing the thermostat and normal servicing. If you're doing short journeys and not bothered about a few extra mpg then then thermostat won't change the world even if it is bad. The only other thing on mine is that it starts a little rough for the first couple of seconds in winter - I suspect one of the glow plugs is out, but the other cylinders are enough to drag it into life and it's been doing this for 30k miles and not got worst so I'm not bothering to get anything done about it.

That engine is also very receptive to a remap - I did the superchips bluefin remap that you can do yourself and it transformed the car - the midrange is hugely stronger, and at £350 or so definitely worth it.

At that kind of money its probably worth a gamble as you'd find out about any major issues within the first week and be able to make it the dealer's problem.

[RobM77]

Merc 450 said:

transporting the dog (10 stone Rottwieler puppy)

There's something seriously wrong there; even a fully grown male Rottweiler shouldn't weigh anywhere near 10 stone. Unless you meant 1 stone?

https://en.belpatt.fr/puppy-weight-chart/Rottweile...

[BFleming]

RobM77 said:

There's something seriously wrong there; even a fully grown male Rottweiler shouldn't weigh anywhere near 10 stone. Unless you meant 1 stone?

https://en.belpatt.fr/puppy-weight-chart/Rottweile...

On your link 'The Weight of Rottweiler adult male varies from 50 to 60 kg'. That's 8 stone to 9.5 stone.

[RobM77]

BFleming said:

RobM77 said:

There's something seriously wrong there; even a fully grown male Rottweiler shouldn't weigh anywhere near 10 stone. Unless you meant 1 stone?

https://en.belpatt.fr/puppy-weight-chart/Rottweile...

On your link 'The Weight of Rottweiler adult male varies from 50 to 60 kg'. That's 8 stone to 9.5 stone.

Thus my comment - 10 stone for a puppy is crazy. Even fully grown adult males very rarely weigh that much; normally topping out at 9.5 stone.

Edited by RobM77 on Friday 20th December 12:18

[BFleming]

RobM77 said:

Thus my comment - 10 stone for a puppy is crazy. Even fully grown adult males very rarely weigh that much; normally topping out at 9.5 stone.

Maybe his name is 'Puppy'

[RobM77]

BFleming said:

RobM77 said:

Thus my comment - 10 stone for a puppy is crazy. Even fully grown adult males very rarely weigh that much; normally topping out at 9.5 stone.

Maybe his name is 'Puppy'

[Merc 450]

BFleming said:

On your link 'The Weight of Rottweiler adult male varies from 50 to 60 kg'. That's 8 stone to 9.5 stone.

10 stone mate

[Merc 450]

BFleming said:

RobM77 said:

Thus my comment - 10 stone for a puppy is crazy. Even fully grown adult males very rarely weigh that much; normally topping out at 9.5 stone.

Maybe his name is 'Puppy'

Sorry he's 18 months still a puppy until 24 month, he's 56kg which my romanian vet told me was ten stone (probably more like 9). Think he would love an X5 though

[d_a_n1979]

Merc 450 said:

Sorry he's 18 months still a puppy until 24 month, he's 56kg which my romanian vet told me was ten stone (probably more like 9). Think he would love an X5 though

8 1/2 stone pal, 56kg is 8 1/2 stone

We’ve 50-60kg blocks that we throw around for training and have a habit of spelling the weight out to the old skool in stones rather than kilos

[Andy70]

I have a large Alaskan malamute well over 55kgs and he goes in the back of estate car just fine. my partner and I have researched boot sizes etc for the same reason and we were looking at the heights of boot space and looking at range rover/land rover etc and the actual height or volume of the boot is no bigger than an estate car, because the car lot higher off the ground you get the illusion that there will be more height space but there isn't ( please don't nit pick on mm as I mean give or take an inch or 2) and our spaniel and malamute go in our mazda estate just fine, if he dips his head a bit. but she is looking at a 3 series estate to keep it an all bmw family and gone away from 4x4's

[Andy70]

yeah, just chatting with my partner and we have been through this, the boot volume is no bigger (give or take) in a 4x4 on average, the only car you will get plenty of room for your dog is a people carrier with the 2 back seats removed, that will give you the height, but like I said in my last post for 1 large dog, any decent estate will do. we have a large dog and a spaniel and they are fine in our estate

[evoivboy]

mondeo or insignia estate

[megenzo]

my GSD and Rottie both go in a 3 series estate OK, the GSD is big (45kg) but the Rottie is only little but they both get in. A 5 series would make it a bit more roomy for them and I agree on the height of a 4x4, my GSD is getting old now and struggles getting into the boot as it is.

[mmm-five]

My bricky mate is 6-2 and 120kg, but he sometimes gets put in the back of a e46 330D estate (435l), and the boot is slightly bigger on an e53 X5 (465l) - does that help?

But the X5 is much higher, so you wont want to be lifting him in if he's as drunk obstinate as my mate.

[d_a_n1979]

mmm-five said:

My bricky mate is 6-2 and 120kg, but he sometimes gets put in the back of a e46 330D estate (435l), and the boot is slightly bigger on an e53 X5 (465l) - does that help?

But the X5 is much higher, so you wont want to be lifting him in if he's as drunk obstinate as my mate.

Best 'like for like' description I've come across on these forums haha

[Merc 450]

My last rotty loved his 15 year old discovery but it died before he did, then before the Mustang we had an A6 estate he loved that too. Thing with the new puppy is he's destructive (puts his head through doors eats foot square stone floor tiles etc etc ). Estate car back door wouldn't last 5 minutes