When I say "sex" referring to a car I mean the following. You know when you see an older guy, like me, driving down the road in a hot car and they're being SO careful to not inflict too much damage and they "don't want to ruin it", and "do you know what this car's gonna be worth some day"? To me that totally misses the point. If I buy a Mustang GT500 et al, when I'm finished with it, it will be the auto equivalent of Keith Richards. Every time I drive it I'm going to know it's a GT500, not preserve it so I can brag to my friends how it's been babied it's whole life. A bit OT here, I know, but sometimes that's where these things lead us.
A Scion XB, though lacking AWD, might work also. RGZ On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:27 PM, rperks <perks....@gmail.com> wrote: > Sexy is a state of mind, Google turned up this gallery: > http://www.motivemagazine.com/gallery/gallery.html?c=show_thumbs;p=Manufacturers/Ford/Europe/Tourneo > Connect/Interior > draw your own conclusions > > As for the Golf, the back seat is fully removed on the side behind the > driver to make room for the rear wheel, passenger side is folded > down. This just fits my bikes by fractions of an inch, saddle height > around 86-88. Main reason I worked this out was similar to yours, > security and weather. If it were not for the wife and baby I would > have pulled all but the driver seat out, think road warior. > > On Jan 13, 5:23 pm, zeidler.rob...@gmail.com wrote: >> Well that's just it. I had a Focus SVT w/ a roof-rack for a bit, but as a >> bike hauler.... Bugs, a Brooks that you really can't get wet (only the >> heaviest baggy will work, but even they shred), so I thought the 4dr >> Wrangler might work. Fold/remove the back seat. Never measured the >> floor/ceiling distance. The new little Ford van has promise but doesn't have >> enough sex as far as I'm concerned. A VW GTI van would work. >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kelly Sleeper <tkslee...@gmail.com> >> >> Sender: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com >> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:25:45 >> To: RBW Owners Bunch<rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >> Reply-To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com >> Subject: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicle for >> hauling your bike? >> >> Good luck with that. I had a General Motors mini van 6 years ago that >> I could do that with. When I got my Ford Mini 2 Years later I >> couldn't do it any more becauseof a bench rear seat an not enough >> length for my bikes anyway. Then went to roof racks. >> >> We are now looking at a full sized van. I don't think my bikes would >> fit inside a wranger without lowering the seat .. then I don't see the >> length with a rear seat. >> >> Since buying my Rivendells I've had a nightmare with roof mounts too. >> The only rack that works well is my tandem rack for fender >> clearance. I found a simliar design at draftmaster which is made for >> bikes with fenders. At 114 bucks I may have to buy some to replace my >> thules. >> >> I forgot to mention that locking the bikes to the roof has worked >> well ...though I hate the bugs and such.. the bra's just add wind >> resistance and kill gas milage dramatically. >> >> Kelly >> >> Good luck with that. >> >> robert zeidler wrote: >> > Here's why I ask? I'm thinking about some new (4) wheels, and would >> > like to be able to keep the bike inside at times in the event of rain, >> > theft-prevention etc. Thinking of maybe outfitting a Jeep Wrangler w/ >> > a floor-mounted fork mount-just back the bike in, tighten the QR, >> > slide the wheel in next to it.... >> >> > Anyway, what is everybody else doing? >> >> > RGZ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
