I know that this is not a rant or rave, but seems to fit best here.
I want to replace my car with an estate into which I could get a 3.5-3.6m slalom boat [with all the seats, including the passenger seat, folded down, etc.].
It's not just out of laziness [i.e. all that tying onto the roof] but it would mean that I could leave the boat inside the car whilst in work and go straight to training. At the moment I would have to leave it on the roof [in the middle of Liverpool ! *].
Has anyone found that they can manage this with a particular model ? I don't really want to have to get a monster estate car, e.g. Volvo.
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Transporting slalom boats - Inside an estate ?
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My mate has a VW transporter and can just get a 3.5M slalom boat into that, but it has to have one end on top of the dash right up against the window. There's about 1cm of flex. Given that an estate car stops at the window I think you'll struggle to find one that will swallow a boat. Good luck hunting though, but your better option is probably a van.
Cheers
PB
Cheers
PB
Long w/b VW transporter, fit's in nicely and plenty of room to get changed in and stay out of the nasty English weather!
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I used to go to slaloms back in the early 90s with the old style Toyota Hiace LWB van my 4 meter boat fitted in a treat you just had to fold down the middle seat and it would tuck up under the dash a treat so it wouldnt go through the windscreen if you braked hard. Mind you getting 1st gear was a bit tricky.
You dont seem many of the old type Hiace or Nissan Urvan these days most have rusted to death or engine failiure has done for them.
You dont seem many of the old type Hiace or Nissan Urvan these days most have rusted to death or engine failiure has done for them.
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Thanks everyone. Sounds like there is pretty much only one option.
I think I was being a little optimistic as I can easily get a 9 ft surfboard into my Vaux Vectra hatchback [seats down, etc] and I managed to get my Tuscan [3.6m] in [doing the dashboard thing] with just 0.2m or so sticking out. So I'd hoped that a 3.5m boat might just get into a longer estate.
I think I was being a little optimistic as I can easily get a 9 ft surfboard into my Vaux Vectra hatchback [seats down, etc] and I managed to get my Tuscan [3.6m] in [doing the dashboard thing] with just 0.2m or so sticking out. So I'd hoped that a 3.5m boat might just get into a longer estate.