Best cars for chucking a bike in?

[cyberknight]

 

[400bhp]

Small van, kangoo etc. Commercial vehicke tax is a downer but practicality is unsurpassed. I love vans

Fiat doblo people carrier version. bike can go in the back stood up without moving the wheels.
45mpg

 

[Drago]

I don't drive an Octavia

I don't have a willy to wag. I do like to drive a nice car though (like I like to ride nice bikes, gotta spend my hard earned on something)

And are Berlingo's or Partners not 'nice' cars then? I recently had cause to drive a Partner and it was spacious, well equipped, very comfortable, 'nice' in every sensible measure I could imagine.

 

[vickster]

Ok for a week hire, wouldn't want to own one though, I like to drive a car not a van with windows, and I like good acceleration from an economical petrol engine. The smell of diesel makes me nauseous

If that floats your boat, go for it

French vehicles aren't for me again either

 

[400bhp]

Ok for a week hire, wouldn't want to own one though, I like to drive a car not a van with windows. If that floats your boat, go for it

French vehicles aren't for me again either

it's not a van and it's not french.

 

[vickster]

it's not a van and it's not french.

A Citroen Berlingo or a Renault partner?

I wasn't responding to your post

Are Doblos still as fugly these days?

 

[KneesUp]

[QUOTE 4564987, member: 45"]Roomster.

Cheap because ugly, [/quote]

Sounds good. Anything else I shouild know?

[QUOTE 4564987, member: 45"]VW reliability. [/quote]
Ah. Ok, forget that then

 

[KneesUp]

Are Doblos still as fugly these days?

Doblos used to be glacially slow but immesnsely practical. Now I think they are the speed of a normal car. If we're doing the 'I have or had one and I could get a bike in' game, then get a Fiat Multipla. Faultless if you want a very practical, reasonably economical car into which you can put a lot of stuff and some people - as long as you don't need it to do that job for more than a couple of years, because in my experience they start to fall apart pretty quickly. Honda FR-V does the same job with a slightly less practical shape, but with more reliability.

 

[jonny jeez]

My family touran (VW) fits three bikes standing up (with front wheels out) plus a ton of gear.

Plus a rear seat., so that's three adults three bikes and three days worth of gear, without a struggle (takes us to Flanders each year)

With two rear seats you can still fit three bikes but it requires both wheels to come out, which for a long journey is fine.

45mpg. Comfy at speed. Awesome car.

 

[KneesUp]

Towbar and carrier does the job nicely

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Strange interpretation of the word "in" That's more thrown *at*

 

[Triple3]

VW transporter kombi, 5 seats, 5+ bikes and incredible amounts of gear all inside, tent, fridge the list goes on

 

[themosquitoking]

Ford transit connect, long wheel base high top. Gets four bike in with ease wheels attached and secured. Even have a bike rack in mine.

 

[vickster]

Ford transit connect, long wheel base high top. Gets four bike in with ease wheels attached and secured. Even have a bike rack in mine.

Hardly a car

 

[Johnno260]

My wife old 2006 Honda Civic used to fit a bike with the seats down.

My 2011 Fiesta would fit my Hybrid, I would need to push the passenger seat as far forward as possible and tilt the seat forward.

Failing that the new S-Max fits one easy, just can't fit a carrier on the back due to it being plastic!

 

[Triple3]

If the seats have to be put down in the back then the car only has two travelling seats left. A car will fit the bike in but then looses some of its usability. A van type vehicle fits the bikes and then retains its passenger and load carrying capabilities as well.