Cheap roofrack for a 3 door car?
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From: Kiteflyer on 30 Jun 2010 20:00 On Jun 30, 7:57 pm, bod <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > Brimstone wrote: > > > "bod" <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > >news:891h0lF7ltU3(a)mid.individual.net... > >> Brimstone wrote: > > >>> "bod" <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > >>>news:891gctF7ltU1(a)mid.individual.net... > >>>> Brimstone wrote: > > >>>>> "bod" <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > >>>>>news:891an8F3mpU1(a)mid.individual.net... > >>>>>> Adrian wrote: > >>>>>>> Nick Finnigan <n...(a)genie.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much > >>>>>>> like they > >>>>>>> were saying: > > >>>>>>>>> In the world that the rest of us live in, we don't have any > >>>>>>>>> other items > >>>>>>>>> where the doors with hinges at the top and doesn't give natural > >>>>>>>>> access > >>>>>>>>> to the useful area of the item. > > >>>>>>>> Some of us have garages. > > >>>>>>> Cat-flaps, too. > > >>>>>> I think that there's still a few De Loreans around too. > > >>>>> It would have be a miniature/toy one. > > >>>> Nope. > > >>>>http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/111/ > > >>> How do you expect to fit that car, as nice as it is, through a cat flap? > > >> A veerryy large cat flap. > > > I think it would need to be more of a woolly mammoth flap! > > Actually, woolly mamoths had their own flap, it covered their anus. > > Bod- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Hello Bodkins. I ask about a roofrack and get educated in the anatomy of a woolly mamoth's bum flap....Always useful to know. :-) I have climbed in thru the hatch of a hatchback several times. Very useful when your locks break. But not very elegant.
From: bod on 1 Jul 2010 03:21 Kiteflyer wrote: > On Jun 30, 7:57 pm, bod <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> Brimstone wrote: >> >>> "bod" <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:891h0lF7ltU3(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> Brimstone wrote: >>>>> "bod" <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >>>>> news:891gctF7ltU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>> Brimstone wrote: >>>>>>> "bod" <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:891an8F3mpU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>>>> Adrian wrote: >>>>>>>>> Nick Finnigan <n...(a)genie.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much >>>>>>>>> like they >>>>>>>>> were saying: >>>>>>>>>>> In the world that the rest of us live in, we don't have any >>>>>>>>>>> other items >>>>>>>>>>> where the doors with hinges at the top and doesn't give natural >>>>>>>>>>> access >>>>>>>>>>> to the useful area of the item. >>>>>>>>>> Some of us have garages. >>>>>>>>> Cat-flaps, too. >>>>>>>> I think that there's still a few De Loreans around too. >>>>>>> It would have be a miniature/toy one. >>>>>> Nope. >>>>>> http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/111/ >>>>> How do you expect to fit that car, as nice as it is, through a cat flap? >>>> A veerryy large cat flap. >>> I think it would need to be more of a woolly mammoth flap! >> Actually, woolly mamoths had their own flap, it covered their anus. >> >> Bod- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > Hello Bodkins. > I ask about a roofrack and get educated in the anatomy of a woolly > mamoth's bum flap....Always useful to know. :-) > > I have climbed in thru the hatch of a hatchback several times. Very > useful when your locks break. But not very elegant. > > Hi Kitey! Bod
From: Man at B&Q on 1 Jul 2010 05:48 On Jun 30, 5:17 pm, "GT" <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > "Man at B&Q" <manatba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:0ae2faa9-7d33-4d89-8ef6-0c3fb39d7151(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 30, 2:20 pm, "GT" <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > > > > "Kiteflyer" <ann_marie050...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > > >news:5e829366-b237-40ec-8853-125ee87107fb(a)g19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com.... > > > I've always had 5 door cars and been able to get cheap roofracks. > > > Went to Halfords to price a roofrack for my new 3 door, and they said > > > the only one that would fit a 3 door is a Thule at 175! I'm not > > > paying that for a roofrack. > > > They said it was hard to get one for a 3 door as they had to be > > > specially modified. > > > Anyone know where I can find a cheaper one? > > > Why do we call them 3 door and 5 door cars? > > That's what they are. > > > They don't have 3 or 5 doors - > > Yes they do. > > > they have 2 or 4 doors. A family saloon and a family hatchback have 4 > > passenger doors and a boot. With a hatchback the window opens along with > > the > > boot metal, on the saloon, the glass doesn't move when you open the boot - > > its still not a 'door' though! > > On a saloon the bootlid opens into the boot. On a hatchback the hatch > opens into the car. It's another door, albeit usually hinged at the > top. > > Above not indented properly. GT's Reply: > Actually the only difference between a saloon is that the rear window opens > with the metal part on the boot 'lid' (not door). The rear seats fold down > in most saloons, in the same way as in hatchbacks, so this doesn't > differentiate saloons from hatchbacks, so my original question holds? Why do > we refer to the boot 'lid' as a door? > > Exactly how many times have you entered your car through the boot? The kids did it lots of times when we owned a Sharan. That was "5 door" with atop hinged hatch. I've never heard anyone refer to it as a boot lid. MBQ
From: Man at B&Q on 1 Jul 2010 05:50 On Jun 30, 8:20 pm, "GT" <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:i0frmj$alj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > GT wrote: > > >> In the world that the rest of us live in, we don't have any other items > >> where the doors with hinges at the top and doesn't give natural access to > >> the useful area of the item. > > > Some of us have garages. > > Well if the definition of a door is something that can open in order to > obtain access to an internal area, then a window is a door, a vent is a door > etc. I agree that the location of the hinge doesn't detract from 'door' > status - garage, DeLorean etc. But why and when did we start naming a boot > 'lid' a door? Hatchbacks don't have boots. They don't have boot lids. MBQ
From: Mortimer on 1 Jul 2010 06:35
"Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:i0frmj$alj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > GT wrote: > > >> In the world that the rest of us live in, we don't have any other items > >> where the doors with hinges at the top and doesn't give natural access > >> to > >> the useful area of the item. > > > Some of us have garages. > > Well if the definition of a door is something that can open in order to > obtain access to an internal area, then a window is a door, a vent is a > door > etc. I agree that the location of the hinge doesn't detract from 'door' > status - garage, DeLorean etc. But why and when did we start naming a boot > 'lid' a door? I can remember when the Austin Maxi was first produced in 1969 it was billed as "5-door, 5-gear". So the hatchback has been regarded as a door ever since then. I wonder what terminology was used for estate cars - which are effectively hatchbacks with a slightly longer boot section and a more vertical, less sloping back end. Was an estate car with four passenger doors and a lifting rear end ever described as having five doors? |