Bike Carrying Cars – Show me yours?

dlr – Member

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

My Mk1.5 was kind of a piece of crap- rubbish 75bhp diesel, rolled like a ship in a storm, and downright treacherous in its unreliabllity “Oh you just replaced all the brakes? Let’s celebrate by having the clutch break!”

But the boot was nigh godly. I mean, I have a mondeo now, and yes it’s big but it’s not perfect. It tapers in, there are sticky out bits, and the cut-in roof means that the bootlid doesn’t keep the rain off as well. Focus is like the tardis.

Actually, it was exactly like the bloody tardis- had a mind of its own, often didn’t take me where I wanted to go, and even when it did you never knew when you’d arrive.

My Mk1.5 was kind of a piece of crap- rubbish 75bhp diesel, rolled like a ship in a storm, and downright treacherous in its unreliabllity “Oh you just replaced all the brakes? Let’s celebrate by having the clutch break!”

I had the 1.8 petrol Zetec, which was decidedly pokey and handled brilliantly for a mid-size estate.

Brilliant car.

Saved my life too after another gentleman forgot to straighten up after exiting a bend.

Bye bye Focus by NeilCain[/url], on Flickr

That’s basically what mine looked like all the time.

😯 Blooming heck PJ!

Bike goes in the back seats down and she really goes…. 🙂

Think the Golf looks stunning in red

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3 bikes, 2 people and a fortnights worth of kit inside, no problem…

There’s a bit too much “scaffolding” in the back of my other car to get a bike in…….

Went from this
To this
Both swallow bikes and gear, the white one does MUCH more Mpg. The blue one is MUCH faster.

Saab 9-5 estate. It’s got loads of space, is quick and comfy. It shocked quite a few people when I took it on a trackday. I very rarely have the back seats up and use it like a van. I’ve previously had a S14 200sx and though it was better to drive it’s nice to be able to come back to the car from riding and just put the bike it the back and set off.

When are you back out on 2 wheels mate?

Hopefully soon… Saw the physio this week and she said I can start riding again now. When she saw the look on my face she added “but no hills, just gentle cruising”. I’m not sure I’m capable of anything more than that anyway considering my level of fitness but hoping to go for a little ride tomorrow to see how it goes 🙂

So Wednesday rides might be a while away yet but things seem to be moving in the right direction at least!

My Mk2 Scirocco used and abused daily! Hopefully going to be replaced by something a little less thirsty and modern in the not-too distant future.

Loving some of these bike-cars especially the Mk2 Escort RS2000 and the cool Scirocco.

No pics of car with bikes, but here is my Estate on a wet winter’s day at Saunton:

Sometimes I can get it to do some mpg, but not many!

Believe it or not this was at Mayhem 2012. Not quite as quick or as red as that one ^. It has more mpgs though.

My bike carrying car, with the rear seats out i can fit a bike inside but i don’t drive to ride anywhere so it’s very rare that there is ever a bike inside.

Off the road at the moment for new bodywork, the only original parts to be fitted back on is the bonnet 😀 , New full rear panel and valance, rear inner arches and rear quarters, door skins, inner sills and outer sills, front wings, front valance and possibly a new roof if i can find a donor car otherwise it’ll be getting a section cut out and welded back in due to dodgy original sunroof, all new plastics, bumpers and window rubbers. The engine/running gear/etc was all replaced for new uprated parts 2 years ago. It’s 30 years old so it needs a bit of bodywork and tlc….a bit like myself at 40yrs old.

Not too bad on MPG really, if i keep under 2500rpm i get 25+mpg, if i redline the current ABT 1960cc 16v engine i get 15ish mpg………but my sensible head has sold the current engine as it is a pig to keep in tune so a fast road engine/head is going back in.

Here’s mine bikes go on the roof, kit in the boot, nice comfy cruiser

Sorry, not really a car (although counts as one going over to Wales) but does carry lots of bikes 😀

DSC_0956 by oxym0r0n[/url], on Flickr

crashbanggg : wot’s up with the scirocco that you want to get rid of it?, i’ve had 4 of them over the years and they’re still one of my fav VW’s.

somafunk – Member
crashbanggg : wot’s up with the scirocco that you want to get rid of it?, i’ve had 4 of them over the years and they’re still one of my fav VW’s.

Nothing wrong with it, don’t get me wrong, its a great car but it looks as if I may be doing a lot of miles next year which it’s not particularly suited for! If it comes to it then I’ll ideally SORN it for the year and come back to it in due course!

not sure why everyone is so taken with the bootjumps – they cost a fortune for what they are and basically eat all the space in your berlingo. I can understand it for walkers / climbers.. crap for bikers as who wants to leave their bike outside the car?

I’ve got a berlingo it’s ace – dead slow – never cost me anything and tyres are as cheap as they come. I’ve got the windowed car model with ply lined rears and 3 seat. Easily takes 3 dh bikes with wheels on and all gear inside and 2 on the outside if needed.

http://www.macmillan4x4.co.uk/Photos/bikes1.html

Could get quite a lot on that roof rack plus a load more inside

1621879_10203340350217943_951439924_n-2 by Michael Reay[/url], on Flickr

BMW 525D M Sport with detachable tow bar and Thule G6 LED bike rack.

Your car looks too big for your driveway

@ downhilldave – loving the Golf R. Been eyeing them up myself. Seems like an awesome machine!

Bought more for prams than bikes but it does the job nicely and is comfortable while doing it. Roofbars and towbar but mostly just dump bikes in the back.

Time to go a bit retro, these were taken about 30 years ago when preparing for our summer excursion to the British Track Championships where my poor old Ford Cortina got loaded with 8 bikes and an indeterminate quantity of wheels plus a few teenagers with shaved legs.
A small claim to fame on this one is the lad with the reddish hair went on to finish 4th in the Men’s Sprint at the 1988 Olympics, unfortunately due to lack of talent I didn’t achieve any fame like that 🙁