Best cars for chucking a bike in?

[reppans]

Mini Cooper S? .

 

[clid61]

Fiesta diesel van

 

[Profpointy]

Not taking proper driving breaks is not good.

It's ok so long as you only wee into a bottle on the straight bits

 

[mustang1]

I can't get a bike in my car because the rear seats don't fold down in a CLS

And you can't get 5 ppl in one because the middle rear seat isn't a... seat.

 

[mustang1]

I am surprised how many cyclists have apparently never cycled near a diesel. Please buy a petrol or a hybrid or an electric car depending on budget.

I have and I hate them. At least the untuned ones which is why I always rant about vans.

Edit: typo

 

[mustang1]

If your wanting economy go for some sort of Hatch back. I've got a Yaris and its fine with a couple of bike although you do have to fold the rear seats down and take the front wheel of the bike off.

I was a a Toyota dealer the other day and sat in a yaris. Hey it's pretty roomy into the back, I don't recall it being that big. The saleslady walking past asked if I wanted some help so I asked her much that model was. £18 grand. Eighteen thousand for a yaris??? Good car but too pricey for me. It was the hybrid model.

 

[mustang1]

Rather lacking in street cred?

And French

They're bike geeks. They don't understand street cred. Berlingo. Pffft.

 

[mustang1]

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

Marry me.

 

[mustang1]

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!

What happened then, the bikes got bigger?

 

[mustang1]

VED rates are crazy. My 1.8 petrol is £185 a year, and yet it emits far less that it damaging to human health. It's almost like are elected representatives are a mixture of incompetent, disinterested and in thrall to various interest groups.

Wait until 2017...

 

[youngoldbloke]

What happened then, the bikes got bigger?

No - car interiors have got smaller. I had a 2003 Focus estate, huge amount of space in the back. When the time came to replace it I looked at and compared ythe current Focus. The interior feels and actually is SMALLER. It has a lot to do with the fashionable sloping 'go- faster', 'fast-back' styling that has spread like a rash over estate design in recent years. I reckon there is probably less usable space in the back of a current Mondeo estate than there was in the early Focus. The Dacia Logan mentioned earlier still offers a very useful amount of space - a function of it's somewhat dated styling maybe?

 

[Biff600]

And you can't get 5 ppl in one because the middle rear seat isn't a... seat.

Exactly, it's storage/armrest. But then again, I rarely take many more than 2 or 3 passengers

 

[HLaB]

I was a a Toyota dealer the other day and sat in a yaris. Hey it's pretty roomy into the back, I don't recall it being that big. The saleslady walking past asked if I wanted some help so I asked her much that model was. £18 grand. Eighteen thousand for a yaris??? Good car but too pricey for me. It was the hybrid model.

Its deceptive on size a few months ago I had my medium TT bike in it and my mates large TT bike (passenger seat was nearly all the way forward though, so he had little leg room). It is a pricey car, I bought mine 2nd hand and touchwood, its been very reliable but I doubt I'd pay the new price.

 

[lutonloony]

Suzuk alto meets very few criteria for getting a bike in. , unless you don't mind removing wheel and having no room for any passengers including front

 

[srw]

Suzuk alto meets very few criteria for getting a bike in. , unless you don't mind removing wheel and having no room for any passengers including front

Oh, and don't buy a Toyota iQ either. Absolutely hopeless for carriage of anything bigger than a Brompton.