Specmaster wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:55 am
bd139 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:39 pm
Oh hell no to the Brompton. I borrowed one from a colleague years ago for a weekend. I would never ride a foldable. As for nickable, I have a fairly hefty D lock with separate cable and insurance. It's not an expensive or difficult to replace bike (Halfords < 400 quid) so I would not be devastated if it's nicked.
But boat anchors; indeed. I reckon I could get a 465 on each side of the pannier rack...
When it comes to boat anchors and fetching loads of TE from distant fields somewhere along a motorway, I've got your beaten, I can carry 625 litres in the boot and with the rear seat folded, a whopping 1,760 litres is all mine (how many 465's is that?), and it only needs a gnats fart to run on
That's small. No cigar for you
Tall: standard bike fits in upright, with front wheels turned through 90 degrees. Damn sight easier taking sproglet to uni that it was for me: I had to partially disassemble my bike and put it on an estate car's (=station wagon) roof rack.
"At just 3.86m long, 1.69m wide and 1.6m tall, Yaris Verso offers lots of interior space. With all seats in position, it is a full five-seater with 390 litres of boot space.
However, Yaris Verso also has a versatility that is unequalled by other small cars on the market today thanks to its unique design of second row ‘flat-in-floor’ retractable rear seats. Within seconds, any member of the family can fold away the left and right rear seats to create a
low, flat floor and an incredible 2,160 litres of load space "
https://media.toyota.co.uk/yaris-verso/
Seconds? Realistically 60 per rear seat
Flat? Notably so...
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