My Volvo XC60 AWD ... bikes on the back and its fast and gets me anywhere in all weather and better still its economical
So, I'd offer up the 535D Sport Tourings, in black if possible.
A black car is never going to be fast - you have to stop and clean it too often.
Any Car with a large enginge will need filling up lots - so theat means more stops - so they'll be slower on average in the real world.
Similarly vans - they've got lower speed limits.
Anything you give half a monkey's about the interior in is going to be time consuming to load - and you'll probably want to change out of your muddy riding clothes.
The fastest car, poin to point for most riders is probably a really shabby 2 litre diesel Passat.
I find it pretty hard to believe people are struggling to put bikes in their big estates. Every car I've ever owned has taken my bikes without removing wheels - The highlight being a 1998 VW Polo that managed to swallow my jump bike whole. Admittedly that only had 24" wheels but you [i]must[/i] be able to achieve the same feat in a Passat Estate?
4 pinch bolts and an axle on my 40s
Yeah, but that'd hardly typical. Mostly it's a QR or Maxle-type rear and some sort of Maxle or QR front.
I love this place: a weird surreal, parallel universe where the a desirable car is defined as some hideous diesel estate with a manky-looking OE bodykit and the idea of removing a bicycle wheel is just too awful to contemplate. All those estates, without any exception, are minging to the power of ten, though arguably marginally less unpleasant than those bloated people carrier things.
I've had a couple of Merc eclass estate 3.0l tdi. Current and ex-one will both fit in a FS 29er with the wheels on and 760mm bars. Boot liner and 80l fuel tank. Job done.
Fastish but still not an E63 thought 🙁
BadlyWiredDog - MemberYeah, but that'd hardly typical. Mostly it's a QR or Maxle-type rear and some sort of Maxle or QR front.
Only menion it as it's the only bike I have that won't fit my Thule roof rack, so it has to go in the car - meanign wheel off.
The fastest car, poin to point for most riders is probably a really shabby 2 litre diesel [s]Passat[/s] Mondeo.
Ftfy... 😛
Heard rumours of a big boy passat next year... 240 bhp twin turbo diesel with 400 odd lbs of torque 0-60 6 seconds-ish and 150mph and shitty haldex 4 motion if you so wish.... that should be fun. My 4x bike goes in the back of my current passat as it is. but it is very small.
Yep new 2015 in top spec Passat twin turbo tdi 237bhp/369lb/ft.
Although the new Volvo tdi engines are already around this and very low CO2.
Any Car with a large enginge will need filling up lots - so theat means more stops - so they'll be slower on average in the real world.
The point is cars like that use surprisingly little fuel for the performance. In a real world, on a long drive with hills and a car loaded up with mates/bikes the difference between a big turbo'ed diesel and a little one is minimal in fuel use. You only get a big difference if you use it as a shopping car.
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^ But what bike would be in the back?
Passat B5.5 130 'sport' 😕 is plenty fast enough for me, and the T4 is better for carrying bikes.
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The suspension on the RS2 probably needs looking at a bit and the clutch if he does many more of those spirited starts!
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