If so, does your bike fit, standing up (minus front wheel) in the back?
No I don’t think so, the few times we did this I had to lay the bike on the side. I am not sure how you would keep it standing up, fold down one side the rear seat and lean it up against the seat still up? Save yourself the hassle and get a hitch rack.
I get so nervous not having my bikes inside of my vehicle. I am car shopping and basically buying a vehicle that fits my bikes, lol! However, I am super attracted to the Tiguan so I might consider the laying down action.
I love our 2012 loaded Tiguan, bought it 6 months used; the dealer had gotten it in that morning. My friends have a Toyota minivan that can hold bikes this way because the floor to ceiling clearance is really good. I rented a huge SUV (Buick Enclave) and I couldn’t stand the bike up in that, maybe without the front wheel it would have worked.
I lay down my tri bike and my road bike in the back of my CX5. I put a blanket down, make sure the drive train is up, and rest the left crank/BB on a pillow elevated so it is not getting torqued. No issues to date. I have been doing this for about a year and a half now.
Girlfriend has a Tiguan. Her 51cm P2 doesn’t fit standing up with the front wheel off. You might squeeze into the Touareg if you’ve got a smaller bike but then your pockets will be $10k lighter.
Girlfriend has a Tiguan. Her 51cm P2 doesn’t fit standing up with the front wheel off. You might squeeze into the Touareg if you’ve got a smaller bike but then your pockets will be $10k lighter.
I have a Touareg, and none of our bikes fit standing up. That includes my wife’s bikes, which are relatively small.
That notwithstanding, it’s a superb vehicle. TDI rocks…
I have had 3 bikes standing up with the front wheels removed in my CRV.
you can fit any species of bike in a Sienna, even a fat bike with the wheels on it. If you don’t mind a mini van…
I can’t imagine a bike standing upright in anything short of a large body on frame SUV (Tahoe, Suburban) or minivan (Sienna, Odyssey).
The floor to ceiling height of most of their cargo areas just isn’t that great in those small crossover utilities.
i know for a fact that a 56CM CAAD10 fits in the back of an odyssey standing upright, both wheels on if the 3rd row is folded flat, but really, if you don’t have a family like me (3 kids) it’s not an overly practical vehicle.
I am patiently waiting for them to bring the TDI Tiguan to the Americas. You can get a form of it in the Q5 TDI but thats a full $20K more than the Tiguan. The three liter diesel is a helluva motor though…
The title of this thread should read " Anyone have a VW Tiguan in the repair shop?" For sure having a bike inside a VW product is a good idea because You will still have transportation when your VW starts acting up and therefore needs to be dumped off at the repair shop for the millionth time. This reminds me of the Trek Jetta: a vehicle with horrible reliability, but it would not leave your stranded on the side of the road, because your could still make it to your destination by using the trek bicycle that came with it.
I am patiently waiting for them to bring the TDI Tiguan to the Americas. You can get a form of it in the Q5 TDI but thats a full $20K more than the Tiguan. The three liter diesel is a helluva motor though…
The closest we were going to get was the new Golf sportwagen/alltrack but they just said no TDI at the NY auto show with all wheel drive. Tiguan being actually smaller than the wagon means even less room for the urea tank so definitely not happening unless they did a FWD version with a TDI.
Q5 is A4 based, completely different beast (longitudinal engine vs transverse and torsen awd vs haldex). The 3.0TDI is fun though, I’ve done laps on the track in a Cayenne with that engine and it is a blast.
HA!! OK what about Subaru Foresters?
Sadly, the discontinued Honda Element could easily hold several bikes upright, wheels on.
The title of this thread should read " Anyone have a VW Tiguan in the repair shop?" For sure having a bike inside a VW product is a good idea because You will still have transportation when your VW starts acting up and therefore needs to be dumped off at the repair shop for the millionth time. This reminds me of the Trek Jetta: a vehicle with horrible reliability, but it would not leave your stranded on the side of the road, because your could still make it to your destination by using the trek bicycle that came with it.
This is even more ignorant then your compact vs standard posts.
I have talked to the dealer a couple of times and US emissions + AWD + diesel is a combination that no automaker wants to deal with. We are, to our detriment, anti-diesel in this country. A small turbo-diesel in a small SUV is a much better solution across a wide range of applications than a small turbo-petrol motor in a small SUV.
I didn’t realize that the Q5 was A4 based. I though it was a Tiguan in Audi clothing.
My wife and both my daughters have Subaru Forresters- bikes will not fit standing up in the back, but they have a nice roof rack on them!
I remove front and rear wheels and stand my bike across the width of the back of our Toyota Kluger with the forks turned, ie transmission toward the rear of the vehicle, rear mech LHS forks RHS…
No car aside from a minivan (or commercial eg VW caddy) would accept any of my bike with the rear wheel in… its just too tall tyre to saddle…
Unless the spare tyre is removed and the rear floor panel removed… then the wheels can drop down into the spare tyre well… bike center, and others bags / luggage either side… just make sure you have tyre weld or sealant with you in case of a flat… for the car !! I have done this when a few of use were going to the races…
Last time i went car shopping i took the bike cos the smallest protrusion in the back can somethines bugger up an otherwise seemingly large space…
Mine fits standing up in my Forester, but it is a 48 with 650 wheels. I took my bike with me to the dealer to make sure it fit before I bought it. They didn’t even flinch!