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Disappointing to wake up to if you were expecting a ride Stig. Still basking in late Summer temperatures here. 18c in Aberdeen for goodness sake!

Been a weird year, hasn't it. I have barely used the heated grips on my 'Zuma to date - usually by this time of year I'd be fully winterised but nor have I got the thermal insert in my jacket.

My best rides so far have been in the UK, but the coast road around County Antrim in Northern Ireland were pretty fantastic. I think I missed the best of the roads in Southern Ireland, somehow.

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

Thankyou - it's a very strange atmosphere here today and a few tears have been collectively shed.

It is simple = Americans buy vehicles like the Expedtion.....and the Avalanche....because we have to ford streams and climb logging trails to get to the Dollar Store. Only a small % of this country is settled.....or paved.

(in my defense....my Silverado was a gift from my wife's father when he heard I was selling my Jetta to work commute on my LIKE200i. First this kind fellow offered it for the very fair price of $10,000. I begged off. Then $7,000. Months later it was "$5,000".  "No, but thank you!...I'm fine with my scooter." A few mos later I rode home and parked the scooter, came in - wife handed me the title for the truck. At that point - it would have been rude to refuse to take it...though I did put it in my wife's name. MIL does not drive - in his passing last summer - he willed their Equinox to my daughter. I just have to put a battery in it.)

Stig

Yup, we have those parts of the country too, and those types of vehicles, just kitted out with very different motors.

Cultural, I guess!

I have had a look at Silverados on t'internet - handsome looking thing - I strongly suspect they're banned from import here on the grounds of pedestrian safety with that big flat nose.

Well they've already taken on Royal Enfield, Royal Alloy and Sym...

Ah, they've gone down the MotoGB route.

On the upside, that'll give them access to the surprisingly nice Benelli range

Right 1st time Viper!  Even going as far afield as SouthWales it’s the same story, no stock or idea when!  Just been browsing BMW C400X’s again…

Wow. Such a nice dealership. I wonder what they'll do instead.