Big Estate vs Car and Van

[hyphen]

V8RX7 said:

In my case: 8'x4' sheets of plywood, 6m long 8x2, my 4 man canoe.... start eating those shredded wheat !

I find it easy to load my bike onto the car's roof carrier, and remove it at destination.

However, after a 4 hour hard ride, it becomes much harder to put it back on! Last thing I would want to do it mess about with a Hop-On stool.

So can see the advantages for extended trips, but not for day trips.

[RobM77]

hyphen said:

V8RX7 said:

In my case: 8'x4' sheets of plywood, 6m long 8x2, my 4 man canoe.... start eating those shredded wheat !

I find it easy to load my bike onto the car's roof carrier, and remove it at destination.

However, after a 4 hour hard ride, it becomes much harder to put it back on! Last thing I would want to do it mess about with a Hop-On stool.

So can see the advantages for extended trips, but not for day trips.

There's no doubting it's easier though if the roof of your car is at elbow height!

[paps]

Toyota Yaris Verso. Cheap as chips, and probably big enough for a moto, although the suspension won't like it. Brother law just bought one for transporting his mountain bikes. Can stick them in without taking wheels off.

[johnwilliams77]

paps said:

Toyota Yaris Verso. Cheap as chips, and probably big enough for a moto, although the suspension won't like it. Brother law just bought one for transporting his mountain bikes. Can stick them in without taking wheels off.

What a bloody ugly thing!

[V8RX7]

hyphen said:

I find it easy to load my bike onto the car's roof carrier, and remove it at destination.

However, after a 4 hour hard ride, it becomes much harder to put it back on! Last thing I would want to do it mess about with a Hop-On stool.

So can see the advantages for extended trips, but not for day trips.

As always it does depend what you need.

I can get 6 people and 6 bikes inside my LWB T4

I did consider MPVs but if I can't get 8x4 sheets inside, it's no use to me.

[paps]

johnwilliams77 said:

What a bloody ugly thing!

Yup... Hideous!
Brother in law got one in red, his dad bought him a black white cat to go on the rear parcel shelf

Think I might get one in white; battenburg stickers, blue lights etc, do some private ambo runs!

[kingb]

Well just to tie this thread up I have bought a nice 56 plate transit with low (107k) millage as well as a lovely Z4 roadster with the 3.0 engine. Might not be exactly the motorway cruiser I was planning but the wife is happy and I have to say that the straight 6 makes a lovely noise - roll on a few more sunny days!