The new beemer has beige leather and carpets. The dog is gold, but often very wet and very muddy. The solution arrived today, and I have to say its the dog danglies. Not cheap but fully fitted, the fit is very good indeed, and this one was ordered with the optional bumper flap
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8bZeH8QUgE
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That drive could do with weeding couldn't it?
;-)
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That was my first thought!
Kerb appeal - must try harder!
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Global warming,. the weeds should be dead by now.
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At least they tone with the colour of the car...
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yeah, we have gold and bronze weeds in Surrey.
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That's the colour !
Dog wee stained grass !
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Reminds me of the VW Passat adverts from 20/25 years ago - new Passat & wet dog - he phoned for a taxi to get the dog home.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=upHYnigkaZg
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When I first saw where the car was parked, I thought it was parked on a tennis court.
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Impressive custom made piece of kit.
Do you then put the cage on top as well? Does cage come in and out easily?
Assume your parcel shelf / Cover is consigned to the loft for your period of ownership?
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>> Impressive custom made piece of kit.
>> Do you then put the cage on top as well? Does cage come in and
>> out easily?
Yes and yes, the cage slides in, and straps down to the tie points, in and out is 30 seconds.
>> Assume your parcel shelf / Cover is consigned to the loft for your period of
>> ownership?
Under the boot floor is a specially designed fitted recess for the cover and net.
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Clearly, even from the pics, a top bit of kit, and looks perfect for protection from muddy wellies, outer garments, leaky shopping, wet umbrellas, dirty golf trollies, bagged pheasants (peasants ?) :-) etc.
but not for me .. my dirty hound would still be able to pebbledash everything from the roof lining down to the top of the "hatchbag".
No matter how much i towel her, and get her to "shake" before she gets in, she has always done one last spray before settling down, (actually i have got quite used to the spotty headlining - sort of impressionist modern art !
My solution, luckily sorted before i bought her, was to change my nearly new BMW saloon for an old banger estate, and throw a Wickes dust sheet over pretty much what the hatchbag is covering, goes in the washing machine every so often, and has done a good job of keeping the bottom half clean, i do wonder why i bothered though, looking at the rest of the car.
Horses for courses of course - i didn't need a "nice" car
E'rm - further to Bobby's comment about the cage - have you got run flats, if not, how easy is the access to the spare with this kit fitted (or is that the AA's problem ?)
I'm off to find their website now, i know someone who might be interested in one ...
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Bespoke dog crate for us.
www.transk9.com/select/bmw/bmw-3-series/bmw-3-series-touring-2013/
Means that most doggie fallout is contained and the crate is easily removed
Last edited by: R.P. on Tue 21 Nov 17 at 21:21
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>> E'rm - further to Bobby's comment about the cage - have you got run flats,
>> if not, how easy is the access to the spare with this kit fitted (or
>> is that the AA's problem ?)
Run flats, no spare, no inflation kit, Recovery service in place
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Found the website, lots to look at, but a quick scan doesn't mention fitting, did you DIY ?
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Yes its diy, but very easy. The bag comes in one piece, fold out into place, secured with velcro, too me 20 minutes.
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Keep dog on lead.
Trap lead in bottom of tailgate.
Let dog run home behind car.
Cheap and it dries orf !
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It's a 540i Ted.... dog would be like the one in National Lampoon's Day!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkT5g1n8Tv8
Last edited by: rtj70 on Tue 21 Nov 17 at 23:34
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>> It's a 540i Ted.... dog would be like the one in National Lampoon's Day!
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>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkT5g1n8Tv8
Best film in the history of film making, If I could buy a Wagon Queen Family Truckster I would.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbL3NfWJUQs&list=RDIbL3NfWJUQs
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You need a dog guard - if you have to brake in an emergency there is a danger that the dog goes flying forward, hitting passengers in the head.
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He has a cage, referred to above.
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Confession time....
My dog is never restrained in the car.
In the Civic I tend to pop up the magic seats and he just sits / lies in the footwells. He is actually very rarely in the boot of my car as this is easier but he does go in the boot of the wife's Beetle.
I know its not relevant but in my defence, we very rarely take him in the car more than a 15 min local journey anyway.
Must look into restraints but at this stage he won't be happy suddenly having to wear something!
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When I was ‘in trade’ I took my Westie to work with me in the Transporter van 6 days a week. It was a 75 min commute. He sat on the front passenger seat, and he learnt the words “horse right, horse leftâ€. Once uttered, he would wake up, front paws on dash until we had gone past horse, then dash to back of van scrambling over whatever stock I was carrying, and bark at it out of the back window until it disappeared from sight.
Only in the past 10 years or so did I start to restrain my dog
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Lovely looking motor by the way Zero. Works well in that colour.
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Yeah but it’s only got two exhaust pipes.
Tee hee
Last edited by: legacylad on Wed 22 Nov 17 at 10:01
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We have custom boot liners by UK Custom Covers in both cars. They velcro in, and tie around the rear head rest supports, and can be removed in about 30 seconds for washing. Both fit superbly, and have bumper flaps that protect from the dogs climbing in and out.
£60 each from Amazon, which was a third of the price of the official BMW one. Highly recommended.
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I use a couple of these for restraining stuff in the car, (not dogs) it clips into the seat belt buckle. Bought in a pound shop for a price you can guess.
tinyurl.com/y95u7q8z
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Nice looking car Z, though perhaps not the ideal interior colour when you have a dog ...
What car park is that at the beginning?
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Its the new Multi story station car park at Brookwood.
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Hey, ⛵ 🶠🎂 didn't know they worked on here ...
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"Hey, ⛵ 🶠🎂 didn't know they worked on here ..."
They don't.
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>>They don't.<<
Are we allowed to laugh or does it have to be just a sedate little smile?
Pat
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Sedate smile Pat...always works ;-)
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I really can't do sedate, refined and ladylike:)
Pat
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>> "Hey, ⛵ 🶠🎂 didn't know they worked on here ..."
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>> They don't.
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They do for me.
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Careful HC, RP will have a melt down if we get out of line!
Permission to snigger?;)
Pat
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>> Yeah but it’s only got two exhaust pipes.
>> Tee hee
Yes but they are both real
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Quite a lot of the time, my back seats of my estate car are folded flat to allow packing multiple items in the load area. This creates a small space behind the front seats which is covered from above by the folded backrests of the rear seats. So, at a glance, especially on a dark morning, you can't really see what is under there.
Usually, when the car is packed like that, I'm going somewhere far away. My dog is a clever little thing and he knows that if he can sneak into that space when I'm not looking, and hide there for the first 20 minutes or so of the journey, that he gets to come out with me for the day.
This can be a problem depending on where I'm going. Not least because I've usually no dog food or water with me, or indeed a lead or poo bags...
The number of times I've had to buy stuff to deal with that scenario !
Can be awkward though if I'm going into a long meeting or something, and would be a disaster if I was going to an airport to catch a flight.
Fortunately it hasn't been a major problem yet.
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Dogs sound like more hassle than they are worth.
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They can be hard work, but also very rewarding too. Mine is no trouble really and he is a good companion most of the time. Sometimes, when life feels a bit complicated for whatever reason, his simple needs can be quite grounding. A long walk together on an otherwise dull day can be quite a tonic for both the human and the animal. Hard to explain to those who don't get it I suppose. Each, as they say, to their own I guess.
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Quite so. On occasion in a previous life, a 14 mile circuit over Ilkley Moor helped clear the mind, focus ones thoughts, put things in perspective and exercised the body.
Helped me as well
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>> 14 mile circuit over Ilkley Moor helped clear the mind, focus ones thoughts
>> Helped me as well
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Did much of our "courting" there as SWMBO was at the nearby teacher training college
Happy Memories
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As did my parents, bus from Bradford to Eldwick, walk over t’Moor from Dick Hudson’s pub, bus home from Ilkley. Nearby Baildon Moor also....unsurprisingly the nickname of my best friend Glenn was ‘Shipley’. Still is.
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Never owned a dog. There are things about them: the mess, the smell, having to change your life to fit in with an animal that I couldn't put up with. When however I see a well trained dog I do understand the attraction and as someone who tries to walk At least five miles a day I suppose in some ways dog would fit in with my lifestyle. When I have taken friends dogs for a walk I have enjoyed the experience but always happy to give them back.
What I really dislike is the soppy sentimentality that some pet owners have with their animals. Dogs, cats etc are not humans and I squirm when people refer to their pets as "my boys"
"My babies" etc. There really is something missing in these people's lives.
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Now I would argue with that.
There is far more missing in non pet owners lives.
The unconditional love and trust you get from an animal.
The sharing of, in our case, 23 years with one cat who depended on us entirely to restore it's faith in human nature after being abandoned.
The instinctive way they know when you're feeling down or having a painful, bad day and try to help with a bit of fuss.
All things humans seem completely oblivious to.
One good thing though is that you recognise you don't have an empathy with dogs and don't own one.
Pat
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We miss having a cat but the last few years our last cat was high maintenance due to age and her accidents. We'll have another one day but it doesn't seem to fit in with busy lives at the moment.
We usually 'adopt' a few when in Greece :-)
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For some it might well be a replacement for children, not all of course. Seems fairly harmless to me.
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Yes I agree it is fairly harmless. It just makes me squirm to listen to it.
I do actually like animals. I owned cats for forty years and only decided not to replace the last one when it died because I do tend now to no take a lot of holidays. The last cat I owned was "rescued" from a "cat lover" who just couldn't cope with the number of animals she owned. The cat was not properly socialised and was inclined to bite visitors but I think I gave it a good home for seventeen years.
Where I do object to the overly sentimental approach to animal ownership is when it impinges on the life of the animal. Cats locked up in houses all days with no access
to the outside world. Overfed animals suffering from obesity, dogs bought on a whim because they look cute or are fashionable.
A cat is a cat, a dog is a dog. They are not little furry humans. To treat them thus is to mistreat them. They should be treated and respected for what they are.
And why should one seek unqualified love from any creature?
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>> There really is something missing in these people's lives.
No, but there would be if we didn't have "our boys" / "our babies".
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>> "My babies" etc. There really is something missing in these people's lives.
Well as dog owners generally live longer, then your life is going to be missing a few years.
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I have never seen you as overly and mawkishly sentimental in your approach to dog ownership. Rather I saw you as one who understands dogs for what they are and who is interested in their behaviour what motivates them and appreciate dogs for what they are rather than substitute humans.
Am I wrong?
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>> Am I wrong?
No you are not. I'll happily stuff the dog into kennels to get on with my European travelling and worry not a jot about it when i am gone, it will get left at home on its own for 7-8 hours, i'll feed it when its convenient for me not it. Thats not to say i wont shed a tear when its gone, or worry about it when its not well but at the end of the day there is an undeniable and demonstrable emotional bond between the dog and I. A bond I had to grow, and a bond I exploit in our sporting endeavours.
Dog ownership is fun, its amusing when you study their behaviour and educational when you use it, the unconditional affection a dog can offer you is good for the sou and mental well being, the exercise is obviously beneficial to the body, and a dog expands your lifestyle horizons.
Its all win win
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Pretty much what I thought. You obviously get a lot of enjoyment out of the dog owning experience. I totally understand that but Not for me though. I'll keep to the chrysanthemums and tropical fish even though neither can offer me unconditional love.
P.S.
Did you know that tropical fish are the favourite pet for psychopaths?
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>> P.S.
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>> Did you know that tropical fish are the favourite pet for psychopaths?
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With fava beans and a nice Chianti?
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>>that if he can sneak into that space when I'm not looking, and hide there for the first 20 minutes or so of the journey, that he gets to come out with me for the day.
When my son was a baby, my wife brought him in the car to the work and I then ran them over to my sisters and returned to my work in Safeway.
A short time after I got a phone call at work from my panicked wife - my son was still in the back of the car! She had thought my sister had taken him out, I hadn't really noticed either way, and my son was fast asleep in his car seat behind me so I didnt notice him!
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New Car & Wet Dog - Runfer D'Hills
