Hi everyone,
I've finally accepted that I need to get rid of my current rattly, noisy, ancient Mini Cooper three door hatchback, as the dog hates travelling in it, and it's a monumental pain in the backside to get him in and out, plus the aircon is broken and not worth fixing, so I need to replace the car before the weather properly heats up.
I'd quite like to get another second-hand Mini, as they're fun to drive and easy to park on the street - I don't have a driveway or garage. But I am wondering if it's a slightly insane thing to do. For reference, the dog is half Cocker, half Lab, so not huge, but not tiny either - like a smallish Lab with shorter legs.
Does anyone with dogs drive a Mini? Which model, and how have you found it? I think I'd like a Clubman as they seem to have more space on the back seat and a functioning boot, but they're quite hard to find compared to four-door Coopers and Countrymans (Countrymen?) so prepared to be talked out of this.
All advice welcome! Just as further background he travels fine in other people's cars, and I'm not certain it's the car rather rather than my driving, but I need to replace the car before summer anyway due to the aircon thing (the price of replacing that alone is probably more than the value of the car).