Date:	Fri, 8 Mar 1996 03:43:40 -1000
From:	jim@oasis.icl.co.uk (Jim Cheetham)
Message-Id: <4hpdic$qn2@eccles.dsbc.icl.co.uk>
Organization: ICL, Bracknell, UK
Subject: Cars and kite carrying (Europe/UK)

I'll target this question at the European/UK market, to prevent
confusion, but there will be a fair amount of overlap ...

How does your car cope with the job of carrying your kites?

I keep my kites assembled (ie the leading edges are not broken into two)
and end up with a number of kites that are around the 6 foot length.
To get my kite bag into my car (a Vauxhall Astra 1991 hatchback) I have
to put one of the back seats down, and lay the bag diagonally across the
back of the car - it only just fits.

As part of the process of thinking of getting a new car, I have to
make sure that my kite bags will fit, otherwise there will be no
point :-)

So, how well does *your* car manage?

I've tried the Toyota(?) RAV4 jeep. Useless. No length at the back,
and the roof is not high enough. Some saloon cars have 'ski-hatches'
in the rear seats that look tempting, but they are too small to
take a kite bag.

(And apologies to the non-car people, including a sadly increasing
number of people with stolen cars :-{
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