What car would your bike live in?

[Blueberry]

Love my Element for bike storage - not great on mileage - but, I'm riding more and driving less. Also have a VW Golf. With the seats down, my road bike will fit (with the wheel off). It's a squeeze. Don't think my touring bike would fit.

CA

[Tuckervill]

All three of my bikes love the Element. They beg to go on long trips to ride in new places, so I had to take the back seat out to make room for them all the time.

Fun,
Karen

[FlyingScot]

Forester! Forester! Forester!

[NbyNW]

Since my Dahon folds up, it will fit in pretty much any car.

[amy]

Oh...I think the Pontiac Vibe is winning.

[tulip]

My road bike fits in my VW Rabbit with the front wheel off, with room left over for other stuff. Of course, my folding bike fits in the way back without even putting down the seats.

Mileage is pretty good in the Rabbit, but not as good as in some other cars I considered (like the Honda Fit). It's a 5-speed manual transmission, which gets better mileage than the version with automatic transmission. The mileage I get is in the low-mid 30s as far as I can tell.

I don't like having to drive to ride my bike, but it's necessary at times. One of the reasons I bought my new house (well, the closing is TODAY, so it's not bought yet) is because it is in the city but has easy bike access to wonderful country roads and Civil War parks that provide miles and miles of quiet riding. The local cycling club has rides that start nearby, too, so I'll be able to ride to the ride!

[Geonz]

Basically any hatchback makes it easy. My Xtra even found its way into the Sebring out in the motel 6 parking lot now (with the Trek on top) 'cause the back seats fold down so I could wedge it in. (I think I may get to sort of use the "coverage of everything" insurance I pay for 'cause I don't have car insurance for that little scratch on the bumper... )

Time to drive to Colorado

[amy]

I don't like having to drive to ride my bike, but it's necessary at times. One of the reasons I bought my new house (well, the closing is TODAY, so it's not bought yet) is because it is in the city but has easy bike access to wonderful country roads and Civil War parks that provide miles and miles of quiet riding. The local cycling club has rides that start nearby, too, so I'll be able to ride to the ride!

Congrats on the new house! I moved into my house the end of February. I'm actually really excited that I live in a more bike friendly neighborhood now. In my old neighborhood, cars would pull up right behind me and lay on the horn and yell. Here, the streets are wider and I think people are expecting bikers more. Between that and all the stray dog, not fun. Also, I'm now in biking distance to nice parts of Pasadena where people are very friendly, although it has a lot more hills than I'm used to. But I'm easing into them.

But it can still be crazy here. And given that my favorite biking partner, Aly, lives 45 minutes away now... well, my bike spends some time in my car.