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Thank you @Greydog - that's helpful advice. I will take another look at the boot space - its good to hear it ought to be big enough! I'm probably contrasting the 3-series boot with my last 2 cars - I currently own an Octavia hatch and before that owned a Mondeo hatch. Both of those had a lovely low boot floor, because there was no space provided for a spare wheel below the floor - giving quite a deep boot.

Hello, I'm new to the forum as I'm looking to buy my first BMW - I'm considering a F31 3 series (LCI / facelift - around 2016 - 2019 model year) diesel (320d or 330d) Touring Auto. Please may I ask for some advice about the boot ? I went to drive one yesterday (320d Luxury Auto with about 70k miles) and loved it, except for the boot - which was surprisingly shallow, with insufficient height for my 2 dogs. I'm sure the one I saw can't be 495 litres (as advertised) ?! the cause of the shallow boot was that the space where the spare wheel would usually be was mainly filled by a deep plastic / polysterene insert beneath the boot floor, which owas taking up a lot of space. My question is - do all 3 series F31 Tourings have this raised boot floor? Do some cars come with a deeper boot (and without the spacer) ? Is it possible to remove the plastic spacer, to have a lower the boot floor ? I'd appreciate any general advice about buying a used F31 Touring diesel auot