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Car that 55cm Bike will fit in

 
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Old 20-02.-2008, 11:32 AM   #16
TimC
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Default Re: Car that 55cm Bike will fit in

On 2008-02-20, vyaw2003@gmail.com (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> a colt looks as small as a barina/getz, too small.


Looks? Oh, we thought you were after functionality.

Worked for me. This was the old (27 year old) style colt though, and
I think the new one is taller and more stylish, if it was looks you
were after.

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Old 20-02.-2008, 07:13 PM   #17
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Default Re: Car that 55cm Bike will fit in

BT Humble wrote:
> vyaw2 wrote:
>>> Have you considered visiting a used car yard with your bicycle and
>>> actually trying a few cars for fit, or does a long drawn-out process
>>> of guesswork and conjecture seem to you to be a more effective
>>> technique?

>> I think i can guess what a car salesman would say with some guy

> ^^^^^
>> turning up on a push bike to "test" a car potentially scratching the
>> car, it would start with F and end with off.

>
> Well, there's that question answered. Have you ever heard the story
> about the bloke who went to borrow his neighbour's lawnmower?


You can shove yer bloody mower up yer arse!!!

[or something like that]
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Old 21-02.-2008, 05:56 AM   #18
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Default Re: Car that 55cm Bike will fit in

Peter Cremasco wrote:
> BTHumble wrote:
> > vyaw2 wrote:
> >>> Have you considered visiting a used car yard with your bicycle and
> >>> actually trying a few cars for fit, or does a long drawn-out process
> >>> of guesswork and conjecture seem to you to be a more effective
> >>> technique?
> >> I think i can guess what a car salesman would say with some guy

> > ^^^^^
> >> turning up on a push bike to "test" a car potentially scratching the
> >> car, it would start with F and end with off.

>
> > Well, there's that question answered. Have you ever heard the story
> > about the bloke who went to borrow his neighbour's lawnmower?

>
> You can shove yer bloody mower up yer arse!!!
>
> [or something like that]


That's the one!


BTH
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Old 22-02.-2008, 02:29 PM   #19
vyaw2003@gmail.com
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Default Re: Car that 55cm Bike will fit in

i think a 5 door Kia Rio would be big enough, a 5 door Honda Jazz also
looks like it is big enough.
Anyone got one of those?
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