The "Cars that will fit a bike in the boot" thread.

[Reardy Mister]

This *might* make a good sticky, might not.

I want to know if anyone has an E90 3 series coupe and can fit their road bike in the boot (Im assuming wheels off)? It looks long enough but possibly not wide enough.

Maybe we could have a table of who fits what in where (ooh err).

[Reardy Mister]

wormburner said:

Seats up? Not a chance is my guess.

Im not sure if the seats in the one Im looking to buy, fold down. If they do, I cant figure out how.

[Reardy Mister]

wormburner said:

Reardy Mister said:

wormburner said:

Seats up? Not a chance is my guess.

Im not sure if the seats in the one Im looking to buy, fold down. If they do, I cant figure out how.

Most don't. Not a popular option IME. Buttons on the top of the backrest?

They are split 60/40 and I can see catches. Just done some googling and discovered the release catch is in the boot, under the top of rear edge.

I'll check for this.

See also here

[Reardy Mister]

S6PNJ said:

You may wish to look here
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
or here
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I can get my GT Avalanche in my Tuscan boot but wouldn't be able to stow the lid.

Good links, ta.

[Reardy Mister]

NorthDave said:

Reardy Mister said:

This *might* make a good sticky, might not.

I want to know if anyone has an E90 3 series coupe and can fit their road bike in the boot (Im assuming wheels off)? It looks long enough but possibly not wide enough.

Maybe we could have a table of who fits what in where (ooh err).

I used to have a coupe and can confirm my large frame ribble fitted in a treat. All the coupes have fold down seats with catches from the boot. It makes the car more practical than the saloon where, bizarrely, fold ..down seats are an option

Gold, many thanks.

[Reardy Mister]

mcelliott said:

One Planet X Carbon Pro, one BMW M3.



Planet X tucked away snug as a bug, south of France here we come.

Useful! ta

(not at all jealous)

[Reardy Mister]

The moment of truth Saturday morning:

1 58cm Cannondale Super Six and 1 E92 325i:




Both wheels off, its fairly straight forward. I doubt it would have gone in with either wheel still in but I didnt have time to try a number of different configs:




And even at that, it still required the seats folded forward:

[Reardy Mister]

ChrisMCoupe said:

Reardy Mister, you have an identical bike to me, size also

I had a lot of trouble getting it to fit in a 6 series (obviously seats dont go forward), so the saddle and both wheels etc had to come off which is a pain. Possibly looking to move to a 3 series at some point in the near future, so this is helpful.

After the tales on this thread, I felt confident it was going go in without too many issues. A major contributing factor is the size of the actual opening of the boot. Nonetheless, with wheels off its very straightforward and I'm happy to go to that small effort to ensure an easy fit and no scuffed bumpers or interior trim.

Very thankful the sets fold down though because I wasn't sure they did before I bought it!