Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
According to the law.
Best cars for chucking a bike in?
- Thread starter mrbikerboy73
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
According to the law.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Does the bike stay on at 200mph?
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
If it doesn't I'll just buy another Dogma.......
david k
Hi
- Location
- North West
Not what most would consider a 'car'
A mondeo, especially new ones like mine are longer than many 4x4s and estates, and at 4.8m long is big car. With 65mpg with low VED it's economical using the most recognised measures of economic driving
All cars depreciate and may or may not require new clutches
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
But some cars depreciate especially badly, like Mundanos, Insignias, 508's etc, and some have particularly expensive clutch problems because of DMF, like Mondies.
Its a mid size car. Get over it. A 7 series iL is a big car. A Hummer H2 is a big car. A mondeo is far from being small, but then only person to who it may be 'big' is Ronnie Corbett.
And being a 4x4 doesn't stop, say, a Shoggie from being a car, either legally, or by the to which use it is likely to be put. You may recall that the first generation Mondeo had a 4x4 variant, and that never suddenly disqualified it from being a car. Same with an X Drive 3 series or a Subaru Impreza. Cars don't have to rattle and depreciate like an elevator in Death Valley to be classed as a 'car'
Its a mid size car. Get over it. A 7 series iL is a big car. A Hummer H2 is a big car. A mondeo is far from being small, but then only person to who it may be 'big' is Ronnie Corbett.
And being a 4x4 doesn't stop, say, a Shoggie from being a car, either legally, or by the to which use it is likely to be put. You may recall that the first generation Mondeo had a 4x4 variant, and that never suddenly disqualified it from being a car. Same with an X Drive 3 series or a Subaru Impreza. Cars don't have to rattle and depreciate like an elevator in Death Valley to be classed as a 'car'
KneesUp
Guru
You seem a little hung up on size, @Drago. Size is a relative concept. Of course a Mondeo is small*er* than some cars, but not being the biggest doesn't make it small.
I would say that a car bigger than that which is needed most of the time is a big car; that is to say that size is relative to the use the car is put - we cope perfectly well with a Focus-sized car and a Fiesta-sized car. We call one the big car, and one the little car because relative to each other, that is what they are. Of course if we were a family of seven we might consider a CX Famile to not be a large car, even though it's longer than Rutland, and equally our 'small' Fiesta-szied car is quite big compared to the actual Mk1 Fiesta my friend had in the early 90s, and our Focus-sized car (small family? - is that the term?) is positively enormous inside compared to the Viva HC I once owned, which was also a 'small family' car.
Depreciation, of course, is only a problem if newness matters to you. If our small car depreciates any further it will be basically worthless, but it does it's job of carting between 1 and 3 people to various points in about a 20 mile radius with various boxes and bags very well indeed.
EDIT - should add that both cars have towbars, and a bike rack in the boot
I would say that a car bigger than that which is needed most of the time is a big car; that is to say that size is relative to the use the car is put - we cope perfectly well with a Focus-sized car and a Fiesta-sized car. We call one the big car, and one the little car because relative to each other, that is what they are. Of course if we were a family of seven we might consider a CX Famile to not be a large car, even though it's longer than Rutland, and equally our 'small' Fiesta-szied car is quite big compared to the actual Mk1 Fiesta my friend had in the early 90s, and our Focus-sized car (small family? - is that the term?) is positively enormous inside compared to the Viva HC I once owned, which was also a 'small family' car.
Depreciation, of course, is only a problem if newness matters to you. If our small car depreciates any further it will be basically worthless, but it does it's job of carting between 1 and 3 people to various points in about a 20 mile radius with various boxes and bags very well indeed.
EDIT - should add that both cars have towbars, and a bike rack in the boot
Last edited:
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Depreciation don't matter to me, because my car is almost 12. But it matters to many.
Size isn't important either, but should I ever I ask for a big car I expect a big car, not a mid sized photocopier salesman trolley.
Size isn't important either, but should I ever I ask for a big car I expect a big car, not a mid sized photocopier salesman trolley.
KneesUp
Guru
Mondeo length - 487.1 cm
Mitsubishi Shogun length - 490cm
Mondeo width - 185.2cm
Shogun width - 187.5cm
So all this 'mate, that's not a big car - this is a big car' comes down to once being 0.6% longer and 1.3% wider than the other?
Lancsman
Veteran
- Location
- Bognor Regis West Sussex
The motor industry would class a Mondeo as a large car as would most motorists.
http://www.carbuyer.co.uk/reviews/recommended/best-large-family-cars
Also in my experience as a motor mechanic you would be hard pushed to get a clutch replaced for £300 on any vehicle these days.petrol engined 57 plate focus £600 done last week, did a 56 plate diesel focus taxi a few month back that was around £850 including a dual mass, which hadn't gone but was replaced as a precautionary measure while the gearbox was out.
http://www.carbuyer.co.uk/reviews/recommended/best-large-family-cars
Also in my experience as a motor mechanic you would be hard pushed to get a clutch replaced for £300 on any vehicle these days.petrol engined 57 plate focus £600 done last week, did a 56 plate diesel focus taxi a few month back that was around £850 including a dual mass, which hadn't gone but was replaced as a precautionary measure while the gearbox was out.
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Got no problem with my Mazda 6 estate. Pop the seats down and roll the bike into the boot at a diagonal. Boot opening is big enough that I don't need to lower or remove anything.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
When we when on holiday in the summer we happened to park next to Nissan with a bike inside, and I sent the photo to my daughter who has a Nissan.I watched a neighbour get a 26er MTB in the back of an old shape nissan micro the other day. both wheels on (the bike that is)
wheresthetorch
Dreaming of Celeste
- Location
- West Sussex
rovers1875
Guru
- Location
- Accrington
I had the same problem, so I sold my car and bought a van (3 years on, not looked back)
Similar threads
