Originally Posted by
Velo Dog
Mazda 5 and Protege5 are completely different cars. The P5 is a hot rod station wagon (sorry, "five-door") version of the Protege sedan, discontinued I think in 2004. The Mazda 5 is a "crossover," whatever that means. Lots bigger.
Yep. Mazda 5 is more like a mini mini van, with sliding doors and such.
P5 are also really cheap right now, and the only other thing in that range is probably a Focus wagon. I like the Focus, but I see more Mazdas for sale, and I also have heard they are bulletproof.
Does that 64cm Atlantis go in upright? My biggest problem with shoving bikes into a car is that in a sedan if you lay them horizontal there are about 50 ways they get tangled (pedals, GR skewers, spokes, cables, etc).
The Honda Fit, for example, is a smaller car, but more space economical, and about 3x the price. I've fit 3 road bikes (upright, front wheels off and opposing eachother; 2 facing front, 1 facing rear in the middle) and 3 people comfortably.