Quote Originally Posted by GLC1968 View Post
Then we drove down to the BMW dealer even though it was closed, to check out the X1. It's certainly attractive, but it's quite small. We couldn't open it up, of course, but standing next to it was not much different than standing next to our old Matrix. There is no way 3 dogs will fit in the back with the seat up. And then we started thinking about leaving a BMW at a trail head for 3 days and we aren't sure that's such a good idea. I kind of still want to drive it, but I think we may have to rule it out on size alone. There was an X6 right next to it and I think I actually drooled on it.
Do go back and look inside the X1 when you can. We thought the back was really similar to our sportwagen, and definitely bigger than the crosstrek. We've only got 2 dogs, but they're 90 pounders and they wouldn't have any trouble in the X1. I do get what you mean about the trailhead, though.