Do you own a car and a bike?

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  • sebastiandangerfield
    sebastiandangerfield Posts: 98
    Range rover and and Alfa 147 gta. God I love cars! I ride my bikes most of the time purely for fitness and ease of commuting rather than saving the planet, as you can tell from choice of cars!
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    edited May 2009
    I have a ford focus st170. Two bikes in the back with the seats down.
    Seats 4 adults (5 adults if 3 are girls (not fat ones))
    Is quick but not stupid fast.
    Not too thirsty.
    Handles really well.

    I love it.

    Could I live without it? yes.
    Would I? no.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    sebastiandangerfield wrote:
    Range rover and and Alfa 147 gta. God I love cars! I ride my bikes most of the time purely for fitness and ease of commuting rather than saving the planet, as you can tell from choice of cars!

    Speaking of environmentally un-friendly cars I was sitting down watching Top Gear last night (god bless Dave!) getting the little one to sleep with the next 2 eldest watching (3 & 4 1/2) when they showed the section Lamboghini Gallardo, at which point the elder one pipes up "You should have that car, but it needs to have no roof!" - Imagine her delight when the actual feature was on the Gallardo Spyder :-D I then had to explain that daddy didn't have a spare £140K lying around to get one and pointed out the slightly more practical problem of it only having 2 seats which would cause arguments about who gets to go in daddy's car.......
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Stuey01 wrote:
    I have a ford focus st170. Two bikes in the back with the seats down.
    Seats 4 adults (5 adults if 3 are girls (not fat ones))
    Is quick but not stupid fast.
    Not too thirsty.
    Handles really well.

    I love it.

    If that goes anything like the Mondeo ST220 then it is rapid! My mate, who has been through about 8 cars in the 10 years I've known him had one for a brief time and it was awesomely quick! His Brabus fettled Smart Roadster felt much quicker but I think that was due to your ar$e being about 3" from the road :-D Alas the Roadster isn't suited to carrying bikes but was exceptionally good on fuel owing to it's diddy engine!
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  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    Bassjunkieuk wrote:
    Stuey01 wrote:
    I have a ford focus st170. Two bikes in the back with the seats down.
    Seats 4 adults (5 adults if 3 are girls (not fat ones))
    Is quick but not stupid fast.
    Not too thirsty.
    Handles really well.

    I love it.

    If that goes anything like the Mondeo ST220 then it is rapid! My mate, who has been through about 8 cars in the 10 years I've known him had one for a brief time and it was awesomely quick! His Brabus fettled Smart Roadster felt much quicker but I think that was due to your ar$e being about 3" from the road :-D Alas the Roadster isn't suited to carrying bikes but was exceptionally good on fuel owing to it's diddy engine!

    It is very fun when you get the revs up. Not a lot of torque low down though.
    Hooning up to 70mph in 2nd is fun, then grab 3rd and the revs stay high so you are flying again.
    Handling and brakes are fantastic. It is a really good car that was cruelly overlooked by all the mags because it was out at the same time as a lot of 200bhp "lookatme" hatches of a similar size.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    Ford Focus 2.0tdci, it's a Company car and I drive around 18-20,000 miles a year

    A bit too far to cycle ;)
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I have 2 cars too, both Saabs, an old m-reg 900se convertible that's only used in the summer, and an x-reg 9-5 hot aero estate that I use weekly.

    I saw a massive stretch Saab limo the other day, with for obvious metal covering the roof but instead exposed orange foam :shock: It was pretty tatty all over so god knows who gets ferried about in it - perhaps the owner got a bargain and an extremely spacious runaround for nipping to the shops in...
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  • jrduquemin
    jrduquemin Posts: 791
    I have a repmobile :-)

    A 2007 Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 which I use to ferry my bikes and I for mucky fun in Wales and other exciting places :-D
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  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    I have a toyota carina e. 2 litre engine.

    Great car....the body work is now starting to show its age, but all the electrics and engine are solid.

    It's 15years old, done 130000 miles and just to add to the BHP figures it had 131 when it was new......now it has lost some and the rolling road figure from about 18months ago (not that i would normally rolling road a car, but a mate got some new equipment in his garage he wanted to test out, so put mine on for a giggle...) quoted just under 124BHP....quite pleased with that!

    I got it 3 years ago for £500 and I hope to pass the MOT in august just one more time before the car gets scrapped.

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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    edited May 2009
    Yes I have a car as well. With my St John unit being in Okehampton, and the new relationship being down in Dartmouth cycling to either from Exeter isn't really practical.

    Also with Scouts and Sea Cadets I need to ferry kids around once in a while to activities

    A car is a must for me for some things, but for in and around town I try and keep to the bike as much as possible

    Oh and it's a Fiat Punto 1.2. ideal weight distrubition to get a good 80 to 90 on the motorway....two ten year old scouts sat in the back :wink::lol: not that I do anything over 70 or course :wink:

    I am a bit of a nutter when I drive, not exactly subtle, but then my first driving instructor was a friend of mine called Ben who is now a rally driver!
    Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    VW Polo 1.4 - only gets used at weekends - can't cycle to N Wales or Scotland to go climbing - I do take the bike with me though and cycle between mountains :)
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    My work means I (usually) need to do a fair bit of driving - for this I have a little Seat Ibiza FR TDI. This year I'm seconded to a single site, so it usually just sits outside collecting dust.
    David
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  • ince
    ince Posts: 289
    I got the boss a Citroen Picasso, that is a great car for slotting a bike in the back and still being able to get the little lad in the back and the two of us in the front.

    I even managed to fit in two bikes in the back and keep enough seating for 3 people. For not a big car there is alot of space. Get the 2ltr HDI and you can save the planet a bit too.

    I love cars and motorbikes, just the running costs get in the way.

    Anyone any experience of electric cars? :shock:
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    DDD, why do you need to know exactly what car people drive?

    The forum is getting seriously materialistic.
  • doog442
    doog442 Posts: 370
    Lexus IS200 one sexy looking motor with a smooth straight 6 engine :)

    and 22-25mpg :cry:
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Yep.
    FCN 2-4.

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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    One car, two bikes. Citroen Xsara Picasso 1.6 litre deisel (55mpg). Bought it new nearly four years ago and shall probably keep it until it dies. Such a practical car, takes two bikes easily, all sorts of other loads without fuss.
    The wife is not a fan as the deisel lacks punch unless you are prepared to thrash it, but she has her own whizzee little car which is more fun to drive.
    The Picasso sits you up above the traffic but is fairly narrow for filtering through back streets and easy parking. Much more enjoyable than the "repmobiles" my employers used to inflict on me.
    The older I get the faster I was
  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    I'd have to say yes though technically the Yaris is owned by Mrs Chuck, but I drive it the most at the moment and am designed for insurance purposes as the main driver.

    Still, I do manage to get in a good 100 miles a week on my bike regardless... :D
    'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze....
  • laughingboy
    laughingboy Posts: 248
    chuckcork wrote:
    ...technically the Yaris is owned by Mrs Chuck, but I drive it the most at the moment ...

    Ah, the Yaris, a vehicle of rare class and distinction - the 'Mini Lexus' as we like to call it.

    Yes, real men drive women's cars. :wink:
  • marksteven
    marksteven Posts: 208
    audi a6 mitsubishi delica honda cbr 600 & 6 bicycles thats all
  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    I've got an Audi.

    Didn't properly own a car until relatively recently, always a cyclist, lived in London, what was the point?

    I was more excited about picking up my 400 quid push bike than my xx,000 quid spanky car and I still prefer riding the bike.
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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    doog442 wrote:
    Lexus IS200 one sexy looking motor with a smooth straight 6 engine :)

    and 22-25mpg :cry:

    I must admit though those Lexus's, quiet as a mouse.
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  • Suerdusty
    Suerdusty Posts: 20
    Used to have a 99 mile each way commute 5 days a week (Plymouth to Yeovil) so was unavoidable, then after leaving the Navy found I was averaging 30 miles a month (not counting holidays) so got rid of it. Just hire one when needed now
  • Mikelyons
    Mikelyons Posts: 154
    Yes,
    Mercedes E-Class estate which I share with my wife.
    I take it to work one day a week when I also bring in change of clothes
    & she then takes the bus to work.

    Mike
  • rally200
    rally200 Posts: 646
    DDD - continuing your class war?

    Golf -classless (at leat that what all us middle-class people say)
  • b0y1nterupted
    b0y1nterupted Posts: 124
    yes i have a 106 rallye, was my dream car when i was younger

    here's a pic of when i 1st bought her (returned to standard now)

    DSC00039.jpg
    FCN 4

    thereback.jpg
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    And here's one from the back....
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    rally200 wrote:
    DDD - continuing your class war?

    Golf -classless (at leat that what all us middle-class people say)

    Nope, looking for a car to buy.... :wink:

    I've got no problem with the classes as long as its not used as a tool to look down upon others....
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  • b0y1nterupted
    b0y1nterupted Posts: 124
    Always Tyred wrote:
    And here's one from the back....
    greddyevo206si.jpg

    nah thats off some jap crap mate
    FCN 4

    thereback.jpg
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Car and a Van and a race car!

    time to hide.
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