Buyers Remorse

[surveyor]

minimalist said:

TTmonkey said:

surveyor said:

Bought a used X5. Did not pay much attention to the boot - It's an X5 so got to be big after-all....

Now struggling to get the dog + luggage in. His cage won't fit. If I put his bed in it obliterates the boot. If I buy a smaller bed I'm informed he won't be comfortable. Fortunately he's a good jumper, because he needs to be.

Contemplating a roof box, but reluctant. Using my work car will kill it + plus I wanted to keep the family mess out of it.

I fear this car is not going to be a keeper, which is a shame.

Aghhh.

Anyone else done anything similar?

not much of a surveyor then......

I was just thinking the same

Property I can do. It's cars I struggle with....

[surveyor]

A recap.

The car is staying. We had a crap journey to Bristol, with the dog misbehaving, mainly because the 17 year old step-lad encouraged him to. Dog Guard will deal with that.

Boot space can be dealt with for the occasions that I need it with a roof box. Not ideal, but workable.

I'm most upset with the lowlife seller who hid a few things and omitted some more, but that's life I guess

[exgtt]

Was 18, used my inheritance money to buy a R5 GT Turbo. Everyone around me told me not to buy one (worked part time at tesco whilst at college, didn't have a pot to piss in)

Turned up at the sellers, got excited, paid cash, an hour later the turbo went, then it dumped its filthy oil on my dads new driveway.

The remorse I felt when I looked in the rear view mirror and saw the white cloud following me I'll carry to the grave.

[digger the goat]

It's a Dalmation.... They were bred to run alongside !!!!

[JagXJR]

surveyor said:

He's going to get bigger...

Edited by surveyor on Wednesday 21st August 14:27

aww what a cutie!

What about a miniature version of a horsebox trailer? Just (half) kidding

zoom star said:

A dog in the back needs to be in a cage secured to the floor.
In the event of an accident,you will find that the dog will become apparently up to ten times its own weight,once flying from front to back,possibly killing itself, and breaking all your families necks sat in front of him / her, on it's way down to the front.
I once had an accident 15 years ago in a Landrover Discovery.
My Springer spaniel was loose in the ''boot'' on her mat,at 65 mph she flew out of the boot over the back seats and snapped the frame of the passenger seat,the dog was amazingly,badly bruised,but alive,and more importantly so was I.
After about two months she stopped limping.
Just something to think about,having ANYTHING loose in the back.

Very good point!

Glad you managed to find a solution OP.

Hate sellers who are dishonest, even if by omission

Edited by JagXJR on Saturday 31st August 12:38

[JQ]

surveyor said:

A recap.

The car is staying. We had a crap journey to Bristol, with the dog misbehaving, mainly because the 17 year old step-lad encouraged him to. Dog Guard will deal with that.

Boot space can be dealt with for the occasions that I need it with a roof box. Not ideal, but workable.

I'm most upset with the lowlife seller who hid a few things and omitted some more, but that's life I guess

You can't say things like that without listing what faults you've discovered

[surveyor]

JQ said:

surveyor said:

A recap.

The car is staying. We had a crap journey to Bristol, with the dog misbehaving, mainly because the 17 year old step-lad encouraged him to. Dog Guard will deal with that.

Boot space can be dealt with for the occasions that I need it with a roof box. Not ideal, but workable.

I'm most upset with the lowlife seller who hid a few things and omitted some more, but that's life I guess

You can't say things like that without listing what faults you've discovered

OK. Now this was a car that was apparently worth a bit more money...

Discovered on the day and decided to live with...
Parking sensor needs replacing (now a bit suspicious. time will tell).
Alloy wheels need a refurb (he photo'd up close the one good one!)
Tints need removing or redoing.

Now discovered
AC - needed regas. Done that - Climate Control panel not properly controlling distribution nor adding heat.
Rain Sensor not working...
Rubber treads missing from steps (£10 from BMW...)
The 2nd key (he showed me the 2 keys with the fobs in his fist) is a dumb copy and useless. Quite pissed off with this as this was outright deception

The basics of the car are fine. It's just everything else...

[surveyor]

I've discovered what this car is made for.

12 hours of driving on a mix of A, B and motorways. Also had to go up a steep grass track to a mobile phone mast on top of a mountain in Wales. There was the prospect of a trip up a muddy byway earlier in the day, but I bottled that and put the walking boots on...

Car has coped with this combination supremely well. Also seem to have discovered 70mph as cruising speed. It will happily go fast, but burns fuel and why rush.

[HertsBiker]

Why use a cage when there are plenty of dog guards available? You only need to fence off the bit between you and the dog, and no more. Surely?

[surveyor]

HertsBiker said:

Why use a cage when there are plenty of dog guards available? You only need to fence off the bit between you and the dog, and no more. Surely?

We have a dog guard in this car; It's not ideal but there is no option.

Advantages to a cage is he can't chew anything (luckily he does not chew anyway), he's less likely to be hurt in an accident and the biggest is that when we go away we can stack the boot around the cage. As it is if he's in the boot and I pack it up, as soon as I go round a corner it all lands on him. Not ideal.

[Vladimir]

Unless it's a full grown St Bernard, just stick the dog in! Our lab easily fits in our little hatch abs we used to squeeze her into a Jimny.
Never needed a dog guard as she knows "the rules" and behaves. I wouldn't even think about sticking her in a cage. Unless she was a real wolf.