how do you load your bike on the car?

[Becky]

We carry bikes one of two ways, depending on how far we're going, how much stuff we have, and how filthy the bikes are. I have an Outback and DH has a Legacy, and both are wagons.

If it's a long trip and we have lots of stuff, the bikes go on the roof to make room for baggage and Dog. If the bikes are filthy, they go on the roof. If we're not carrying much gear and no Dog, they go inside the Outback on a fork-mount rack that DH made from scrap lumber and some of those $20 fork-mount thingies for pickup trucks. It means removing seatposts, but a line with a marker make re-installing to the perfect height easy. Carrying them inside definitely helps the gas mileage compared to the roof rack.

I'm 5'4, and can put any of my bikes on the roof, including the full-suspension beast.

[papaver]

We just toss them in here.

http://www.renault.be/nl/gamma-renau...nieuwe-kangoo/

[fidlfreek]

I have a Camry Solara (coupe) and just take off my front wheel and slide the baby back behind the front seats. I have a very small road bike though. With a longer wheelbase it might get tricky. I don't care about grease but if you did:
http://www.wcfanshop.com/servlet/the...ver-for/Detail

[wackyjacky1]

I have a Camry Solara (coupe) and just take off my front wheel and slide the baby back behind the front seats.

That's what I do (Hyundai Elantra). Just be sure to slide the bike in chain-side UP!

[jobob]

We just toss them in here.

http://www.renault.be/nl/gamma-renau...nieuwe-kangoo/

Ow wow, we saw one of those yesterday on the freeway near us (near San Jose, CA). Cuuuuute!

They're not for sale in the US (yet?) - no clue how that one got here

But we still love our Honda Element. We can remove the back seats and roll 2 (maybe up to 4) bikes into the back, no disassembly required. Although if our bikes were any longer or taller that would be an issue. It's too bad the Element wasn't a couple of inches longer in the back compartment, but so it goes.