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Double Bass Cars for bass (DB forum thread)

#141
I drive a '93 Pontiac Transport, a beastly and fancy driving machine. Nah, fits 2 DB's if I fold the seats down, or my DB, huge 1x15 cab, rack, stools, mic stand, music stand, PA, cooler, plus a passenger crazy enough to drive with me. :D Definately going to have to replace it soon, which is swell, because I'll also have to buy my own bass probably around the same time. I'll see if I spend more on the bass than the new car...
 
#142
Believe it or not one of the best vehicles I've ever owned for transporting my acoustic was a Ford Festiva. It was small but extremely tall in the cab to it made it easy to get the bass in the reclined passenger seat and the seat belt was long enough that I could secure the bass with it. When my wife and I moved to Ottawa we flew here and shipped our car in an 18-wheeler with the bass inside. On several occasions I had my electric, my acoustic, my amp, a stand, a guitarist and a guitar in the Festiva. I always thought I should have made a Ford commercial ...
 
#144
A ford KA. not sure if you get them in america, but i can get a d bass,4x10,head,bass guitar and passenger into one.but i need my suspension serviced each year.....
 

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#145
Here's a picture of my Saturn Vue packed full of my possessions on the way down to Indiana. From this angle, notice my real bass, my eminence eub, my slab under my real bass, an EA CxL 112...and a bunch of grocery bags full of clothes..I also have my road bike strapped against the driver side wall (you can just barely see the tire to the left of the 112).

The best part is, I could still see out of the passenger side mirror...plus the 27mpg highway is nice. :)
 

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#151
Just upgraded a Saab 900 hatchback to the 9-5 wagon and now I can fit TWO passengers, DB, Amp, stool, plus extra room. With both rear seats down, I can get two DB's with extra room, if I needed it.

All this and 30 MPG Hwy and up to 24 city.

I'm really happy with it so far....

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#154
I had a Pontiac Grand Am it fit great in, just reclined the front passenger seat. Had room for a passenger in back. Then moved to BMW 3-series 2-door , again reclining front seat. Family grew so I have a 3series wagon now. bass, stool and 3 passengers possible.
 
#156
Believe it or not my 3/4 Juzek fits into an Audit TT fairly easily. Just pop the hatch, remove the package shelf in the rear window, fold down the back seats and push the passenger seat forward. You need to place the bass pretty far forward but the hatch clears the bridge and strings by about 3 inches and there's plenty of room for driving and shifting, no passengers though.

There's room for some other gear as well but I was happy just to get the bass in.
 
#159
A 2001 VW Golf TDI 4d HB 5spd gets me around. Fits two passengers and my 3/4 bass fine. It will also hold my cimbalom and my bass with one passenger. I've logged as much as 55, 57 & 60 mpg going thru the great plains. Twice from Tucson to Albuquerque and back got over 53 mpg. Typically it gets 45 or so in mixed driving (that's all pump meter and not trip mileage computer folks). I expect it to last at least 300k miles. Oh, it's comfortable, has superior handling, braking and acceleration as well as safety & solidity. >>>:D<<< My bass transport theory is the smaller the parking space you can into get the better! Oh yeah, the smaller your carbon footprint the better too. Forester, I would say you are stylin when you're drivin' your TDI!
 

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