Atlantis held up against the truck bed. Was part of the buying process almost exactly 9 years ago.
I’ll bet these practices are more common than we realize. > On Oct 30, 2019, at 7:06 AM, ascpgh <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wish I'd taken pictures of everyone around when I rode my bike to the > dealership where I bought my wife's last car. It was a CPO 328i X-Drive and > no one could cipher that I rode a bike there to purchase and drive a car > home. They probably couldn't cipher that it was a decision parameter either. > > I folded down the back seats down, put my 62 cm fendered Rambouillet right > in, collected my paperwork and drove away. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 10:33:51 PM UTC-4, LeRoy wrote: > When I bought my Clem 59 in the Spring of 2018, I carried it back from New > Jersey to Michigan inside a very sub-compact Jeep Renegade, along with three > guys and enough luggage and gear for a long weekend. Granted, the Clem was > reduced to its smallest sub-units: frame, wheels, handlebar, fenders, seat, > racks, etc. But it all fit. Inside. And so did three grown men + gear. This > was all fine for a one-time transport but not conducive to regularly carting > the Clem around. > Earlier this year, I did a trial fit of the Clem in my wife's somewhat bigger > Jeep Compass. With the bike's front wheel removed and the car's front > passenger seat all the way forward, the Clem was a very tight fit. Still > indoors, but human occupancy in the front passenger seat wasn't going to > happen. The result was one person and one bike safely on board. Clearly, I > needed a bigger vehicle. > So, as I shopped for a replacement for the Renegade, I figured that moving up > the Jeep food chain one notch - to the Cherokee model - would result in a > better Clem-fit. Nope. Who would have thunk that the bigger-on-the-outside > Cherokee was actually smaller-on-the-inside? It would barely accommodate the > Clem! The bike fits less well in the Cherokee than the Compass. It's > certainly more difficult to load and unload. Of course, discovering this > occurred afterleasing the new Cherokee. > The lesson is, apparently, to take one's bike along when car-shopping. Or > bring the test ride home long enough to test-fit the bike. Or, to borrow from > the old carpenter's adage, measure twice, buy once. > Other than that, I really like both the Clem and the new Cherokee. But the > end result is that the Jeep will be getting a trailer hitch and the Clem will > be riding outdoors, on the back of the Cherokee. > Anyone else run into a similar doesn't-quite-fit dilemma? ...or have a clever > solution that hasn't occurred to me? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4525fc59-4dfd-4270-bf53-ecc50cdb1f6e%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4525fc59-4dfd-4270-bf53-ecc50cdb1f6e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/A36C87F1-C69D-4374-9FCF-91A0555BA293%40gmail.com.
