Tandem Cycling - Anyone put a Tandem on top of a Honda Fit?

I am thinking of buying one. I know a tandem can fit (ha ha) inside in a pinch. http://www.blayleys.com/articles/cars/index.htm

I usually use a Yakima Sidewinder and want to make sure the lift hatch won't hit my back tire.

Has anyone tried or seen a roof rack on this cool car?

Thanks.

I get mine on a 88 honda civic hatchback using a Yakima Sidewinder.
I the rear door will most likely not open completely but at least 45deg with the tandem mounted on top.

One thing to keep in mind when putting bikes and tandems on the roof of really cool, fuel-efficient vehicles is the wind drag they create which, in turn, puts a huge dent in their performance and efficiency. The smaller the motor and higher the MPG, the bigger the added strain and performance hit.

I'm presently struggling with a decision to shift away from my 25 year love-affair with trucks and SUVs and move into a smaller sport wagon, such as a Subaru, Passat Wagon, etc...

While the roof lines will easily accommodate the tandem mounts, much of the desired 26-31 mpg highway fuel efficiency / cost savings / environmental impact of these vehicles would be neutralized by car-topping given that our bikes are presently hauled around inside of my 18 mpg highway truck. We discovered this with our '95 4Runner when mpg dropped from it's awful 16mpg to about 12mpg with our tandem on the roof... made all so obvious as the auto trans would constantly kick in and downshift while trying to maintain the vehicle's speed at 65mph. The big V8 and MPG in our Suburban didn't suffer much at all when we had 3 tandems on top and six adults inside for a trip to STR at Mississippi in 2000.

So, rear racks or stuffing the bikes inside the vehicles (coupled or uncoupled) would likely be the future method of portage for highway travel in one of these smaller vehicles IF I can bear to part with my truck. The trucks are great for so many things, but given that they've all sat in the garage during the work week and the vast majority of the miles they see are associated with hauling our butts and bikes to cycling events on the weekends, there's just GOT to be a better solution (without getting a mini-van).

FWIW I recently got a used Freestyle bought mainly on the basis of its size
(big enough for a bike, not huge though, ie as big or bigger than my Sienna.)
I commute a lot and like the option of compact/comfort (Camry hybrid) which
can't take a bike at all, carry everything (Sienna) ie, my bent, or a tandem
plus two DF singletons or the Freestyle, one bike and 5-7 days luggage internally.
If one vehicle goes south for some reason, I am not scrambling for transport.
I looked at a lot of crossovers and found many that because of seat folding
methods just would not take my recumbent (eg the Toyo Highlander, nix, the
Ford Edge, too short, the Rav4, way too short, Honda Element, too short).
I was pleased to find the Burley would go in the Freestyle without any strain.
The Sienna gets 23-24mpg consistently at 75mph, and the Freestyle gets
24-26mpg at 70mph, or 27 mpg at 60-65mph between 420 and 520 miles
per 17g tank. The Saturn/GM/Buick crossover is at least as big as the
Sienna, and would be hard put to get 23mpg and cost 3-15k more than the
Sienna.

We have an ATOC Tandem Topper on top of a short roofline Toyota Solara (basically a 2 door Camry). The Tandem Topper has a removable beam to hold the rear wheel. When the tandem is not on the car, the beam is in the trunk. If you were to mount a Topper on the roof of the Fit with the handlebars facing the rear, you should be able to open the rear hatch and just have the beam projecting out over the hood when the bike is on the roof. The Topper makes loading the bike very easy.

Gas mileage suffers on any car that hauls tandem/singles on the roof . . . simple aerodynamics.
Attended the SouthWest Tandem Rally in TX earlier this month and we pulled up in our '97 Honda Accord Station Wagon. A couple tandemistas walked up and asked "Do you really have a tandem in there!?"
Our reply: "No, we have 2 tandems in there!"
Opened the hatch and showed we had 2 tandems inside the Accord . . . none with S&S either. It's just a question of popping off wheels, removing pilot seatpost with attached stoker bars and removing 2 pedals on the tandem that goes on the bottom. Throw a blanket over that bike and put next tandem on top of that with only the wheels removed. Lots of room for our luggage/stuff for the next 10 days on the road.
Oh, yes, at 80 mph (legal on Interstate in TX) managed to get a minimum of 32 mpg.
Slower driving will net us 39+ mpg; not bad with petrol prices on the rise (again)!
Heck, we've seen one couple haul a tandem atop their Porsche; where there's a will, there's a way!

Yikeeees!