Here's mine, was going to sell but actually its too much fun:
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I'd say a bmw was an entirely appropriate & standard stw bike car 😉
[edit] boarded up window could do with reglazing 😉
I'd say a bmw was an entirely appropriate & standard stw bike car[edit] boarded up window could do with reglazing
Lol, I should have taken a pic of the boot lid - 3 litre, saloon with bulkhead, leather. I could try to make it more impractical I suppose.
re the edit: - done, but we've moved house since anyway..... 🙂
Indicators probably don't work and speedo is likely to be faulty. 😉
prezet - Member
Indicators probably don't work and speedo is likely to be faulty.
How did you guess? Also the steering rack is dodgy, no matter how hard I try I can't get the thing straight in a parking bay.
I can't post here - it's an Audi. But it's inappropriate - mk1 TT...
Yep, i thought a sliver/ grey car of German origin was the STW top choice. Are you tubby? A PROPER drivers car!
Inappropriate you say - 1.3 t reg fiesta, back seats permanently down (it so wants to be a van), Hope sticker where the Ford badge is supposed to be on the grill and a charlie the bike monger sticker on the boot - i tried making it more stw! Fits 2 bikes in and has been on plenty of road trips, it's no Audi estate though......
Biking, baby/family and camping car..
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Nope, not tubby. But I am an IT manager, and ride an Orange...
So 3 out of 4 boxes ticked!
Previous car - 535i
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Neither have fold down rear seats...
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It rocks my world, and can fit loads in it, pity it drinks (and I mean drinks) 98 ron like its going out of fashion.
I've just replaced the M reg (1995) Astra 1.4 merit with the below.
I've yet to figure out where the bike goes :-/
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The STW sub-group which is Lancia Integrale Owners Club meetup:
(admittedly its a small group but it is quite inappropriate!)
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.. Oh and I work in IT too, but ride an Intense. How many ticks do I get?
Mine
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and with my mates old Evo, on Donnington pitlane waiting to get out on track.
Haven't got any photos, but one of my friends has a BMW M Coupe (the old z3 based breadvan) with a bike rack on the roof, we managed two of us with full camping gear, bikes etc for a weekend in Wales over Easter.
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Can fit 2 bikes and kit in the back with the seats down, but the total lack of sound deadening makes it impractical for runs over 90 minutes or so!
Those Lancias are full of win !
Far from ideal fuel economy, and you can't get any bike racks to fit it because of the little spoiler on the back. Have to take both wheels off to get a bike in the back and getting 2 in is a bit of a squeeze. Very comfy and reliable car though plus I think it looks alright 🙂
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I always consider getting some black or smoked chrome rims and lowering it, but I really can't be arsed with the hassle and cost. Some absolute ****er keyed it a few weeks ago so I need to pay for that repair at some point.
Going off a slight tangent due to the guy above having his car keyed..
What the flip can you do to prevent *'s doing that? I'm totally paranoid about driving our new car to my wife's parent's house as they live in a slightly dodgy estate. I'm convinced that some little * head will do something to it if we stay overnight :-/
OP's car strikes me as the archetypal STW car 😕
Delta Integrale though... win.
Unfortunately RRR this is the world we live in. The scrote you refer to won't have enough balls to walk up to you and tell you your a c*** in his opinion due to his circumstances and jealousy so he/she will key your car whilst you aren't looking instead.
That said, its only a metal box. Or get the bus.
Tom - Lowering it isn't a difficult job, but a bit time consuming!
Only extra tools you might need, would be a pair of spring compressors - £15 on eBay...
Up to 40mm drop will be fine on the current shocks...
njee20 - Member
OP's car strikes me as the archetypal STW car
It would need to be a diesel estate to be perfect. 🙂
That bike on the roof of the Forestry van is tiny!
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The wife's parent's live 50 miles away so unfortunately the bus isn't an option...
The Lancias are flippin lovely. My uncle had one as I recall.. he always seemed very impatient driving it when I was a child..
RopeyReignRider - Member
I've just replaced the M reg (1995) Astra 1.4 merit with the below.I've yet to figure out where the bike goes :-/
I'm considering one of those. Don't the back seats fold down? If so you should be able to get 2 bikes in there.
If I can't get one with folding seats I'm not getting one at all. I hate using a rack when I have 2 or less bikes in the boot.
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I wouldnt put a bike in that 2door 3 series- roof or towbar IMO.
I once had to take the wifes car to a club ride, and got lots of abuse.
Its a Beetle Cabriolet, and I had to put the roof down and stick the bike upside down on the rear seats with the wheels poking out either side.
I did remove the flower first though 😀
l_Ache - yes the seats do both fold down (unlike in the saloon). The boot is as big as that on the saloon so pretty sizeable.
I've yet to try putting a bike in it but will give it a go (as soon as the wife isn't looking) and let you know! I'm sure at least one bike would fit in no problem..
hora - Member
I wouldnt put a bike in that 2door 3 series- roof or towbar IMO.
Total pain in the arse to put the rack on every time you want to drive to go for a ride which for me would be twice a week if my ankle was working. I have a 20 mile motorway drive to work every day too so I'm dammed if I am going to leave the rack on all the time as the fuel consumption would be terrible.
If I was sat in traffic all the way to work and never got over 40mph leaving a roof rack on wouldn't be a problem. Well other than scrotes trying to pull it off in a multi-story.
RRR Thanks, I have been looking online and I think if you can take off the pedals it should be easy/safer to slide two in through the opening. Would be much harder than my Focus mind.
Mine go on the roof, which also leaves the boot accessible. I've been ashamed by dan314 though, his car looks better than my newer one currently does. Although its garaged now it spent 5 years living on the drive. I haven't cleaned it since moving and there signs of moss growing on the black bits that wipe the door windows as you lower them :-/
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Appropriate? Why yes of course..
Palatable? Probably not to some.. 😉
(edit: this isnt a pic of mine)
Don't have a photo with roof bars, but bikes go up on top.
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Kryton57 - Member
Mine go on the roof, which also leaves the boot accessible. I've been ashamed by dan314 though, his car looks better than my newer one currently does. Although its garaged now it spent 5 years living on the drive. I haven't cleaned it since moving and there signs of moss growing on the black bits that wipe the door windows as you lower them :-/
Haha that photo of mine was taken a couple of years ago when I used to wash it every week, I haven't cleaned it since 2011 now so it's in a similar condition to yours by the sounds of it! I remove the front wheel on my bike, fold the rear seats down and it fits in through the boot just fine. I've even had 2 in there with both wheels off.
Phew ^^^ 😀
You all have lovely cars! I have a Citroen ZX (a what?) from 1998, looks ancient but is in good nick, has had new front shocks, exhaust, rear brake cables and radiator in the past 18 months it'll hopefully (touch wood) be fine for a while yet, it's comfy for long drives (been to Scotland, Wales and Devon a few times with no complaints).
What's most important is my bike frame is literally worth 4 times as much, this means I'm the coolest in the thread because my bike to car price ratio is bang on! 😆
Elise S1, bike has to go in the passenger seat and I have to remove the forks or there is not room. Even then its tight with the tyres block some visibility from the LHS.
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My ex-Fiesta, with added downhill bikes..
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Zigzag I had the same arrangement on my old MX5
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[i]What the flip can you do to prevent *'s doing that? I'm totally paranoid about driving our new car to my wife's parent's house as they live in a slightly dodgy estate. I'm convinced that some little * head will do something to it if we stay overnight :-/ [/i]
Don't buy new cars..., mine had scratches on already 🙂
I had one of these in the late 80's early 90's (not a photo of my one but an image off the interweb) used to get a bike in there, wheels in the front boot on top of my kit and the frame and forks wedged in the passenger seat and footwell ... changing gears was tricky
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Although not current, and STW wasn't around then I thought it was impressive at the time.
What the flip can you do to prevent *'s doing that? I'm totally paranoid about driving our new car to my wife's parent's house as they live in a slightly dodgy estate. I'm convinced that some little * head will do something to it if we stay overnight :-/
Not sure what you can do about it really, people are just arseholes! Not even sure why anyone would do it to me (don't think I've pissed anyone off..) and it was left overnight in the quiet village I live in, so it can happen anywhere. They're deep as well, and go all along the side plus onto the bonnet.
I drive an 03 VW Passat estate, diesel, silver and i'm a civil engineer 😳
pretty typical, but i can fit and Orange 5 and a Marin wolfridge in the boot (wheels off) with the back seats up, So i don't care!!
In a former life, my partner had a Mini(Austin/Rover not BMW). She would sometimes need my SAAB 900 to collect stuff for her business. I would take the passenger seat out of her car and leave it in the living room while I went to the local trailcentre.....
'P' reg Mk1 Vauxhall Tigra, will take two bikes with wheels off and 2 riders with kit inside. Will manage 40+mpg or slightly less if driving like my heads on fire. Got given it as a none runner - 'Get it off my drive and its yours' done 45K in last four years 😀
Fiat 500 with a rear bike carrier (it has a glass roof so I can't put them on top). Gets a few looks and comments such as "doesn't it just tip over" when I have two bikes on it. But it got two bikes from Yorkshire to France and back and it does the job.
A smallish bike will just about go inside with both wheels off, but no hope of getting 2 in!
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thats a nice fit tim didn't need to take both pedals off.
Brilliant!
nice Tim... nice.
Dads car when he was out in spain once. I think the landy was off the road at the time.
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Extra points to the Lancia's for left hand drive overtaking terror!
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Matiz with fold down seats, will fit 2 bikes, riders and their kit inside no problems.
Sideways tim, that's genius.
I'm guessing mine is fairly inappropriate. There's now a baby seat in the back as well - it's a practical family car I keep telling the wife.
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BMW 130i 😀
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A rare picture with out a Thule rack or two on the bars:
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I've had 535d sport tourings in black, I fail on STW scale because the fact that they weren't silver yeah?
I had an M3 Convertable in Laguna Seca Blue and blue roof, that was hilarious I had a rack on the back once, only once.
Most recent I had a Smart ForTwo with a bike rack on it, it was most excellent, now I've a Prius with a roof rack and a Kangoo Van (where all my toys normally hide away..)
Not wholey inappropriate but also a TT 3.2 Convertable, in orange.
Sitting pretty in the sun ....
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I suppose I could put a bike in it ..... maybe zip tied to the roll cage 😈
My bike used to fit quite well on the backseat of my FTO...
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The Celica TSport I have now is much more practical. Seats go down and can get 3 bikes in the back with front wheels off.
Here's mine, my bike fits in the back fine with the front wheel off.
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I used to be able to get-
2 windsurfing wave boards
5 sails
3 masts
2 booms
1 kiteboard
2 kites
2 wetsuits and assorted crap.
INSIDE my faithful old VW polo.
It rusted from the inside out eventually 😥
I've had the bike on or in all of them:-
A BMW M3
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A caterham 7
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And a civic type R
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MG Midget, I later swapped to 100mm hardtail which meant I could put the bike in the car and then put the roof up, thus avoiding getting soaked!
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You look absolutely miserable. Excellent effort though - and some others on here.
Mine doesn't often go in a car (usually ride from doorstep), but when it does, it gets stuffed in the back of one of these:
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Can fit three bikes in there with camping gear.
Porsche 911 C4S Convertible: some pics of how I manage to get the bike in here:
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They dont make a bike rack to fit and the roof racks are for earlier versions but I still take it biking regularly.
Yes in IT.
No not fat.
Ti Ibis.
In my defence, great car, great bike, crap rider and crap driver but where there's a will theres a way!
Another epic thread ... Lancia's, X1-9's ..
Back in the UK it was this (with roof rack)....
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Now sadly all I can afford is to pedal there or use this.....
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Megane 225 with Cup chassis and brakes. Can get a couple of bikes inside with the seats down and front wheels out, but when we have luggage and/or dogs too it has to be roof bars (silly rear bumper arrangement means no boot mounted rack or towbar).
Top car though - plenty quick enough and handles like a kart.
First time the disappearing post bug has happened to me...
330 Clubsport. Not entirely appropriate I guess, although I've not yet tried getting the bikes in/on the MX5 for full inappropriateness points
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Not inappropriate, but I find my Vivaro van can hold a lot of kit. When I've got a lot of driving to do and need to keep the fuel costs down I can get BMX, Road bike and Alpine 160 in the back up Pug 306 (although It's a bit of a faff. The GF's Seat Ibiza doesn't take a bike rack as no tow bar and has a stupid little spoiler on the boot (new shape Ibiza)but it'll fit 3 road bikes at a push inside
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Seats down, wheels off. Bike fits in a treat.
I look silly in it, but its crackin 
hora - MemberI wouldnt put a bike in that 2door 3 series- roof or towbar IMO.
The seats fold down in my 3 series coupe. Manage to get a 50cm Zesty and a large Tallboy in it, plus wheels with no probs
no shortage of space here
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Meesterbond - When, "WHEN" I get a Porsche, one of my first purchases will be a rack like that. Top effort and just too cool!
Not the most practical biking car ever (but it did have two weeks worth of camping gear in the back)
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And loaded up for some post-ride beers (the bumpstops got a good workout)
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I haven't got any pictures but there is a guy that rides with us and brings his bike in a Maserati Coupe. Cream leather interior too. Last time as he was getting the bike stand and bike bag out ready to disassemble the bike I fold down the estate seats and rolled the complete bike in.
Having said that looking at 911 at the moment. Deeply impractical!