[Closed] Bike Carrying Cars - Show me yours?

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Perfect bike carrying motorway machine
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You can chuck 2 or 3 bikes in the huge boot with the seats down and it has a tow bar for a rack. We used a platform style rack

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Not a bike but the best i could do.

Can seat 8, carry 4 bikes on the back, a few inside and still have room for gear.

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Plus on long trips you get plenty of rests at all the petrol stations you stop at. 42 gallons takes a while to fill.

Plus on long trips you get plenty of rests at all the petrol stations you stop at. 42 gallons takes a while to fill.

And a wait for approval of the bank loan....... 😯

Bought one of these 6 months ago.

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Drives like a car, hauls like a cargo ship.

4 (not very well arranged) bikes and kit in the back - very wet and muddy bikes and kit at the end of the day. 4 adults in the front. Could do 5 bikes + 5 adults at a push....

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Mine in the foreground
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Bike fits in without needing to be taken to bits
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and comes with a fold down bed for weekends away 😀
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I can't believe I've had my frv now for almost 10 yrs! Stupidly practical car.

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5 adults and 5 big bikes plus luggage to Scotland and back no bother (2 on roof and 3 on the towball mounted rack).

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It is scabby and a little bit past its prime but it does the job really, really well. Well, most of the time,sometimes it goes on strike and creates smog instead 😳 I do have roof bars for it but I don't think I've ever used them, it'll swallow at least 6 bikes without even trying.

Was thinking about 110 landrover. Loving seeing that with a bike and a bed in the back. Ta.

Mondeo innit

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Has a removable tow bar, which is somewhere under that boot. I've never used it.

One of these (exactly the same as mine)

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Fold the back seats and bikes fit in with both wheels easily.

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2014 Passat Estate - the boot is absolutely huge!!

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Absolutely bl**dy useless for carrying bikes, but goes well 😉

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Bike car. Nothing special, but it's better than a van!

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When it was newer:

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Two go on the roof or one on the back seat, not terribly practical otherwise. Anyone fancy a swap?

Not carried any bikes on it yet but I picked up this Accord Tourer the other week, swallows a bike whole no problem.

Really impressed, wish I'd gone with an estate ages ago!

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Some good bike swollowers there guys, cheers.

Welshfarmer, love that setup, would be ace for event weekends.

Goes off to look at estates.....

Oh, do I have to have children to buy an estate?

We've been really happy with our Octavia 4x4. It's comfortable, we took it to Spain last year. Good on fuel, average 47mpg, 2wd would be better. Takes all the kit, large tent, bikes, walking, camera kit, stove etc all inside the car. It's now on 135k and in the 70k I've owned it, other than routine stuff, I've had to fix the Aircon. Highly recommended.

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A berlingo swallows (at least) two bikes with wheels on no problem. But we're about to go on a 10 day camping trip to Ireland where we'll sleep inside (Amdro Bootjump) so the bikes go on the outside instead

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Oh, do I have to have children to buy an estate?

34 with no kids here. Thought about getting a van but decided to go down the big ass car route.

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kids schmids. big estates are ace.

have a wee alpina b3 that broke 2 gearboxes, did about 18 mpg, was useless for carrying bikes (but still just about fitted 3 bikes and folk in). went quite fast though:

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or any one of these

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On our second one, thats the Picasso not the ice cream, four bikes up on a regular basis. Loads of trips around the UK and to the Alps. Seven seats at the pull of a lever or two and a boot like the Tardis with five seats

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Track car come bike carrying satchwagon...

^^^^^^Doing your fav Karaoke number there then Tracey?? 😉

Slow, old, thirsty but I love it.
Might be going soon for something more sensible 🙁

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got us one of them 10grand zafiras, does the job so much easier than the old focus

reckon Ill be able to get me, wife, 2 kids, trailer, my bike, wifes bike and 2 balance bikes plus a 10days kit for me and the family london to scotland for ukge/ews/tweedlove

havent actually tried it yet possible ill have to stick my bike on the saris, but certainly managed fine with me a mate 2 bikes and kit up to Ae last month

No pics but 04 Mondeo estate here. Can get three bikes wheels out in the boot looks fi e with boot or roof ornaments.

Frankly most box shaped euro or Japanese wagons would do me these days just a tool to do a job 95% of the time.

Fruitbat: you are Domenico Rancadore and I claim my 100000000 Lire. Is that an APE in the background?

Touran 2.0 TDi Sport DSG (remapped 😉 )

Wife will absolutely resolutely not let me take an mtb anywhere near her Golf, though the Brompton fits in just nicely.

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Meh, the Touran. Works. Is mega practical and quite comfy. Does good mpg. Parts cost a lot. It gies wrong much more than it should. Carries five of us and five bikes regularly.

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Am I the only one to be surprised by the posting up of cars with number plates showing, bikes on roof outside user's own homes?????

Old one here, both have self leveling rear suspension, great for those heavy loads

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One of these.

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Loads of space but still put the bikes on the roof. Need step ladders to get it up there.

2001 Mazda Premacy. Can get a bike with the wheels off in the boot. With the seats down, you can get a 29er with both wheels on in there. Can take any permutation of the back seats out altogether, so it becomes pretty much a van. Have never tried but you could get 3 riders plus bikes in for a weekend away without carrying the bikes on a rack.

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mine is a Toyota Verso

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blimey those http://www.amdro.co.uk/boot-jump-camper-car/boot-jump-with-screens-water-bottle-deposit-p-43.html look good, even more reason to want a berlingo

@hot_fiat - yes that's Mrs fruibat's APE - a fine machine as is my 159 3.2 Q4. Running the latter would benefit from the benevolence of the aforementioned Domenico Rancadore!

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a bit lonely but does the job when I'm desperate to ride and got no mates to give me a lift.

So I drive a 4 litre 4 wheel drive Passat... Not exactly economical but it goes well and makes a great noise!

The bikes sit on the roof quite happily.

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Weekends are for toys.

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Any car can be a bike car. You just use the roof or the back

Wanting to put them inside is the only problem

I put my bike in the inside of my 5 series estate as I've got a 4 hour drive to Wales tomorrow night for the WRT and would rather get better economy and security/safety. Had to take the front wheel off though as it's an XL framed 29er so is big, and the back is narrower than many cars as it's RWD. Put my roof rack in the car in case I want to sling it on top for the return journey ie in case it's filthy!

Put bikes on the roof all the time though. Dog and trailer for the kids fits in the boot no problem too

I have one of these handed down from my step dad about 5 years ago, it just won't die and has cost me nothing in parts in 12 months since the cam belt snapped (and that cost me £240 to repair) Bullet proof

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S-max here. 6 people, 6 bikes and spare space for loads of other gear.
3 on top, 3 on the back, and third row seats split to give room for bags, tools, wet gear.

Considering the STW stance of pick-up's being useless, impractical, no more useable space than an estate car, baby robins childrens kittens face mutilating piles of poo - I've not seen much on this thread yet to match 5 bikes and 5 adults INSIDE the vehicle 😉

blimey those http://www.amdro.co.uk/boot-jump-camper-car/boot-jump-with-screens-water-bottle-deposit-p-43.html look good, even more reason to want a berlingo

They do dont they!

I meant only to keep this 3months. Its been 6months now

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The bootjump is genuinely brilliant. Justpop it in the car when you need it, sorted in a couple of minutes and surprisingly comfortable. The bikes can fit inside with it if you put them on the back seat although the rack gives a bit more room for other luggage

Using it for the first time this year tomorrow as we start our trip to ireland. Can't wait!

Mk1 Focus Estate, awful but I care so little about it that it is now tolerable! With the seats down my 20" 140/120mm travel 29FS fits in with both wheels on having only to compress the Reverb

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Bike or roof can be a dilemma

So, basically, any car at all.

So e of these cars make my nervousness about mpg with a bike on the roof laughable....

Another SMax here. Very versatile:-

3-up on roof bars. Pro's are that the car is high so getting the bikes up there can be a challenge, but very quick and convenient. Con's are lack of security.
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2 carried internally via an internal rack system. Pro's are the bikes are inside and properly secured without straps ext. Con's are you're only limited to 2 bikes as it takes up the rear seats.

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That Amdro bootjump kit looks amazing, fair play, what a design.

Crap, reading through this thread I thought I'd be the first one to post a pic of a Porche with a roof rack 🙁

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Also an old BMW Compact for commuting duties, seats down it easily takes my bike in the back with the front wheel out. You could probably manage two bikes, people & kit OK but I've never tried it.

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Honda Civic with a towbar rack.

Rack lives in the boot all week, rear seat bases stay flipped up resulting in a second 'boot' for shopping and the various huge bags of horse feed that always seem to be in the car.

I've posted this a few times.. Friends RS2000 ready for our return trip home. Custom made bike carriers.
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2 Bikes, 2 people and enough kit for 2 weeks in the Alps.

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My old Focus swallowed bikes whole.

Current Octavia is nearly as good, but has an annoying boot lip.

I'd look at a Mondeo, but I also quite fancy a Scooby Legacy.

As we are now doing "any car goes".

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Can you fit a DH bike in the boot of a Chimaera? Or is it a bit of a struggle for that little bike?

pictonroad: roofs don't really do much on them 🙂 A friend turned up for a ride before with his bike/rack attached to the roll bar of his Seight 🙂

WelshFarmer surely wins this thread with his Land Rover? I'm loving the Caterham and MX5, too, proof that you don't have to compromise on a fun car if you want to carry a bike (or two).

My nephew and I did the PPS last year in my MX-5. Just over 2,000 miles with a couple of bikes and everything for a long weekend. Was a bit of a squeeze, but made it so much more of an event than if we'd gone in something "sensible"!

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The fancy hydraulic lift things came with the roof bars from Ebay.

Bike usually goes in the back when I'm on my own.

Car is ace. Love the DSG.

Bike is ace too, though keep wondering if modern shocks would do the Genius thing for me without all the switching...

got one of these last summer...i wanted a proper estate but the wife wasnt having any of it...apparently estates are for old people!! 😯

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with front wheel off the bike just about squeezes in diagonally in the back with the seats down...with both wheels off its not a problem

the back seats on these are the dumbest design ever...they take up so much space when folded up...next car will be a proper estate...wifey will just have to get used to it

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Getting this in 2 months 😀 Can't wait!

Nearly bought one of those last year, lovely car

Milkie,

Don't have a downhill bike, so I don't know.
The hardtail is a large frame and it goes in the TVR fine, always surprises people when I lift it out or pack it away.

Jeepers that Amdro Boot Jump looks unreal.

I have no pictures but can confirm that going from a smallish car to a large estate was a revelation for bike-carrying. I've only used it a few times due to injury but can just chuck the bike in without even taking the front wheel off (the full suss is a tight fit because of silly wide handlebars but my hardtail goes in easily).

Another bonus is being able to sit on the boot edge when changing shoes, kneepads, etc. Much better than trying to do it in the passenger seat or hopping one one leg...

tinkertaylor1981 nice car 🙂

When are you back out on 2 wheels mate?

Oh, do I have to have children to buy an estate?

Nope, mine are adult and left home yonks ago. My small estate is perfect for me and my bikes. 🙂