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windcheetah & car fitting
Posted by: spennie (IP Logged)
Date: March 07, 2010 08:44PM

Could someone tell me, if it is difficult to get a wind cheetah into the back of a car. I have a 06 vauxhall astra and was wondering if one would fit in easily or not.

Re: windcheetah & car fitting
Posted by: RobH (IP Logged)
Date: March 07, 2010 09:05PM

I had a friend who transported his Trice Explorer inside his Fiat Cinqacento...
He did leave the passenger seat at home though.

Re: windcheetah & car fitting
Posted by: Geoff (IP Logged)
Date: March 07, 2010 09:39PM

I can get either of mine unfolded in the case of the QNT into the back of my Auris. If need be removing a wheel will do it for you but it should be OK with the back seats flat and the front passenger seat forward.

"I thought of that while riding my bike." --Albert Einstein, on the Theory of Relativity

2007 ICE QNT
2008 Hase Kettwiesel AL27
2011 Catrike Trail.
1951 Engine in need of partial rebuild.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/03/2010 09:40PM by Geoff.

Re: windcheetah & car fitting
Posted by: Borntoolate (IP Logged)
Date: March 07, 2010 11:43PM

Geoff, I hope the Auris is a type of car!

Re: windcheetah & car fitting
Posted by: Geoff (IP Logged)
Date: March 08, 2010 08:21AM

Borntoolate Wrote:
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> Geoff, I hope the Auris is a type of car!

The Auris in front is a Toyota.

Fair makes yer' eyes water.

Re: windcheetah & car fitting
Posted by: John Turvey (IP Logged)
Date: March 08, 2010 10:03PM

I knew someone (now deceased) who had a Windcheetah - at first he carried it on a towbar-bll mounted rack (he was good at (aking things- he made the rack himeself) but when he got his next car, an estate 9but I cannot recall the make) he cut the top off the seat (about 6 inches- the bit with the head rest) so it would fit in the back.

John Turvey

Re: windcheetah & car fitting
Posted by: n-ick (IP Logged)
Date: March 09, 2010 12:56PM

Geoff Wrote:
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If need be
> removing a wheel will do it for you but it should
> be OK with the back seats flat and the front
> passenger seat forward.
>


Would that be the new 3 wheeled Toyota, subject to recall in several years time?

Re: windcheetah & car fitting
Posted by: Geoff (IP Logged)
Date: March 09, 2010 01:18PM

Oh dearie dearie me! Something else to worry about.

Strolls off singing..


'Three wheels on my wagon...'

Re: windcheetah & car fitting
Posted by: littlelerch (IP Logged)
Date: March 09, 2010 05:29PM

The guy who bought my trice picked it up in an astra. It went in easily enough with the rear wheel removed and the back end folded under. A windcheetah might *just* fit witht he rear wheel removed.

Re: windcheetah & car fitting
Posted by: Geoff (IP Logged)
Date: March 09, 2010 06:11PM

Removing the seat might be enough too. For me the height of the Kettwiesel seat or the height of the QNT headrest would be the limiting factors in a lower roofed car. Length wise they both go in, albeit a bit on the tight side.

"I thought of that while riding my bike." --Albert Einstein, on the Theory of Relativity

2007 ICE QNT
2008 Hase Kettwiesel AL27
2011 Catrike Trail.
1951 Engine in need of partial rebuild.



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