My K9 Upgrade

[Matt Haigh]

I keep an eye on Spoticar and the usual other online market places for a suitable upgrade.

My current K9 is January 2019 with 45k miles I've had it 18mons and I'd like to upgrade to a newer/lower mileage K9 and hold onto it.

I'm looking for a 2020-22 low mileage diesel manual car with Flair trim. I'd like to be able to find one with auto A/C and the factory roof rails.

What I'm finding however are lots of Flair XTR's (I'm carrying bikes so I don't want the storage), and I only seem to see the auto A/C on the Flair XTRs, many of the the non-XTR Flairs don't have the factory roof rails after 2019, and a lot of the cars for sale are XL longer variant.

I'm in no rush so will just keep on looking

Anyone else in the market and noticing these trends?

[alwaysanengineer]

You should be able to pick up some roof rails and fit them yourself, but understandably, the auto climate control would need to have been a factory option. Self fit rails might just provide you with more vehicle options.

[Romahomepete]

I have a set of B9 roof rails on my K9, not a straight fit - took a bit of fettling but they are OK and you wouldnt know if I hadnt said except the K9 ones use 3 fixing points per rail and the B9 ones use 2

Peter

[chrisl]

I have a 23 k9 van which I specced with climate , took over a year to get built .
Was worth the wait as it’s far superior to a manual heater which are far from easy to keep a stable temperature.
Good luck with your quest!

[chrisl]

Update
My 23 driver is being replaced in the next few days by a MY23 Driver edition, 130 XL Eat8 . Sadly it’s got a standard heater/aircon system…
I just know I’m going to be disappointed but will report back in due course.

Btw MY24 XL 130 eat8 is already ordered and due may/June .

[Tree]

Update
My 23 driver is being replaced in the next few days by a MY23 Driver edition, 130 XL Eat8 . Sadly it’s got a standard heater/aircon system…
I just know I’m going to be disappointed but will report back in due course.

Btw MY24 XL 130 eat8 is already ordered and due may/June .

I find the temp stays stable in my 71 driver, I only have manual temp control and hardly touch it

[chrisl]

There’s still hope then, MY23 XL is being delivered in a weeks time, can’t wait to get back in an auto ..