Any Honda Fit/Civic owners?

[Triskeliongirl]

For those of you with fits (or similar vehicles), what is the best way to carry two bikes inside? I can lay my bike flat with both seats down, or put it behind the front seats with the rear seats in that semi-up position. But to carry two bikes, and have them not rub and scratch each other, do I want to install two of those fork mounts? Can you buy something that sets in, or do you need to buy 2 x 4s and screw fork mounts in. Don't they move around? I've never outfitted a car interior to carry two bikes.

Also, is locking your car w two bikes inside just false security. Couldn't someone just break the windows and steal them?

[Irulan]

I have a question for FIT owners. I test drove one a few months ago, but the to us, even the nicest trim level was still very noisy inside. Nicely equipped ( leather etc) was fairly high on the list, and the fit just didn't seem to come in that kind of trim level. But, wow were we impressed with how big inside it was.

So, hows the road noise? Hubby and I had to practically shout at each other to have a conversation, and this pretty much killed the sale. Bought a mazda 3 instead.

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[bike4ever]

Triskeliongirl - You can cut a 2x4 to wedge between the sides in the back. I've done this with various vehicles to carry my bikes. When I'm not needing this mount, then I can just pull the 2x4 out.

I thought about just mounting a fork mount to the back. I am just going to put on a roof rack.

[smilingcat]

FIT is high on my list for my next regular car. SMART CAR isn't all that smart. I've heard people complaining that the milage is only 38 or so MPG. No trunk(boot) space. Other cars I'm looking at are Civic, Prius, some of the Toyota Scion line. My current car has nearly 200,000 miles on it. ouie I'm just hoping it'll go another 80,000 miles.

being ever the dreamer that I am and so is my partner, she talked me into this fun looking thang. Move over Mr. GEOGE JETSON, and you too ASTRO. I'm #2316 for the hybrid model. Besides, gotta live up to wacky SoCal image. Yes it has cargo space to fit a bike. We are sooo totally serious about this. Fits two people, electronically limited to 85MPH, exceeds NHTSA crash testing (so they say)... It is soo cool looking. and 300MPG well almost. What's not to love??

[Andrea]

For those of you with fits (or similar vehicles), what is the best way to carry two bikes inside? I can lay my bike flat with both seats down, or put it behind the front seats with the rear seats in that semi-up position. But to carry two bikes, and have them not rub and scratch each other, do I want to install two of those fork mounts? Can you buy something that sets in, or do you need to buy 2 x 4s and screw fork mounts in. Don't they move around? I've never outfitted a car interior to carry two bikes.

Also, is locking your car w two bikes inside just false security. Couldn't someone just break the windows and steal them?

Take both wheels out & flip them upside down. Put them in with one facing forward (handlebars behind front seat), and one facing backwards (rear DR near front seat). Scoot them as close together as you can on one side of the car and use the space between/around the bikes as packing area for smaller items.
I've scotchguarded the back of my seats and my interior roof so if I have any inadvertent chain-upholstery contact, the grease is easily removed with some upholstery cleaner.

And yes, nowhere in a car is totally secure. We mainly put them in there b/c it was storming like crazy on the way home from the race we were at.

[mimitabby]

Take both wheels out

Andrea, BOTH wheels? There are 4 wheels for 2 bikes. do you mean both front wheels?

[Andrea]

Andrea, BOTH wheels? There are 4 wheels for 2 bikes. do you mean both front wheels?

Take all the wheels off!
What you'll find is that you are limited by the handlebars as to how far you can scoot the bikes to one side, so you can fill that space between the bikes & the side of the car with the removed wheels.

Yeah, it's sort of an artform

[KnottedYet]

Oooh, Smilingcat, that is one very cool car! 300 mpg, solar cells on the roof, heat pumps for the climate control, recycled plastic interior.... why didn't I think of that!?

http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...s/4237853.html

There's a Corbin Sparrow in my neighborhood, sometimes I see it parked around. Think I'd rather have the Aptera than a Corbin. The Corbin is more like a motorcycle while the Aptera is more like a car.

[Irulan]

no one has comment on FIT interior noise? yes/no?

[mimitabby]

someone already said it was noisy. grrr. i was hoping on getting one and background noise drives me crazy.

I guess i'll have to test ride one; it might be a lot better than what I'm used to.

[Andrea]

no one has comment on FIT interior noise? yes/no?

I've never noticed it. But, then again, it's also the nicest car I've ever driven on a regular basis.