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chris b said:
my vw touran did many miles moving pinballs a great car most modern estates will not fit a pin through the boot without removing the backbox
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Ah good shout @chris b will give that one a look that slipped off my radar. Did you have the diesel variant and what was eceonmy like ?

Cheers

kev
 
replicas said:
Gat a van and have done with it, it way cooler than a car as well.
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To be honest Daz the C3 picaaso is a van with seat and windows!!! that's why I like it cos you are still low down as if driving a car/van unlike the MPV type vehicle driving position

Cheers

kev
 
Seat estate , no chance...think this seems to be common in the German Audi / vw / seat range. Also Mini Countryman only takes 3/4 of a pin.
 
Fintan Stack said:
Careful of the Saab 9-3 Estate. Lovely car and looks like it will take a pin. But it doesn't! :mad:

My vote is for the trusty Ford Focus Estate. A great pin carrier.
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Sam with the Audi A6 Estate...the roof is just too low at the back.
 
I have an 2007 vectra estate elite it's huge but just enough height for the bigger sterns and it has plenty go with the 150bhp diesel engine. But sadly we need a 7 seater now so it will have to go! looked at loads of options that will fit a pin or maybe 2? Dodge Journey is huge but scarce! Hyundai Santa Fe also looks capable. Zafira is another but not keen on how it looks and also want some power.
 
Hhhhmmmm......a family over the road have one. I might ask them if I can try and squeeze my pinball into it.
 
Just open the boot and measure from the top of the tailgate to the inside of the roof. It's nearly always this height that they fail on. You need at least 77cm if memory serves (76 may be ok for some, 75 almost certainly a problem for many games).
 
I just measured my Civic type r (ep3) and it appears that a pin will fit with the back box on. With the back seats down, parcel shelf and spare wheel cover removed, and front passenger seat moved forward. FYI.
 
@newdos

I have a diesel 2010 C3 Picasso and I've done many pin trips with it. It only failed once when I tried to fit in an older Gottlieb - 'Class of 1812'. The new model shape doesn't look much different to mine so I would imagine the boot will be identical. I love how the boot is level like an estate so a pin just slides right in. I get around an average of 60 mpg when I do a pin trip and the tax is only £30 per year.
 
cooldan said:
Just open the boot and measure from the top of the tailgate to the inside of the roof. It's nearly always this height that they fail on. You need at least 77cm if memory serves (76 may be ok for some, 75 almost certainly a problem for many games).
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Not necessarily that easy. It depends how flat the back seat goes. Wife's countryman don't quite sit flat so as the pin goes in it starts to raise the back box up. If they had been flush it would have just gone in.
 
Onze said:
@newdos

I have a diesel 2010 C3 Picasso and I've done many pin trips with it. It only failed once when I tried to fit in an older Gottlieb - 'Class of 1812'. The new model shape doesn't look much different to mine so I would imagine the boot will be identical. I love how the boot is level like an estate so a pin just slides right in. I get around an average of 60 mpg when I do a pin trip and the tax is only £30 per year.
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thanks for that man - pretty much set my mind on the C3 now, and like you say the floor is totally flat and the boot lip to to top height is 32" which is ample to slide a 90s bally in.

Cheers

kev
 
I tend to pop a piece of carpet down in the boot so the the pin slides in even easier. The carpet also folds over the entrance to the boot to protect the rear bumper plastic. 90's Bally and Williams and modern Sterns are a breeze.
 
Onze said:
I tend to pop a piece of carpet down in the boot so the the pin slides in even easier. The carpet also folds over the entrance to the boot to protect the rear bumper plastic. 90's Bally and Williams and modern Sterns are a breeze.
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cool cheers man
 
Similar to Onze I always put a long thick piece of cardboard (side of a Stern pinball box oddly enough) when loading pins in my Jazz, makes it easier for pushing and to not damage the boot and back of seat fabric
 
windoesnot said:
Similar to Onze I always put a long thick piece of cardboard (side of a Stern pinball box oddly enough) when loading pins in my Jazz, makes it easier for pushing and to not damage the boot and back of seat fabric
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cheers man - yeah in my previous car I used a nice sheet of hardboard worked a treat!
 
newdos said:
cheers man - yeah in my previous car I used a nice sheet of hardboard worked a treat!
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I second this tip, and the cardboard tip. Helps the machine slide out and straight onto a scissor trolley.


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if we're sharing tips for transportation, my best one is that i always put the legs under the game under the car. otherwise i had a hell of a job getting my fingers underneath the thing to lift it up over the tailgate, the legs meant there was a nice gap.
 
replicas said:
Yes it can carry a pin but it's chuffin pig ugly.
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Looked at it and it's got too small an engine IMO. I've now looked at every damn car on the market and without paying 30K it's virtually impossible to buy a new car that will do the job. Looks like a 4x4 is really the only option for me.
I hate to say it but the Jeep Renegade is looking likely. Crap plastics and poor quality, here we come!
 
Sven Normansson said:
Looked at it and it's got too small an engine IMO. I've now looked at every damn car on the market and without paying 30K it's virtually impossible to buy a new car that will do the job. Looks like a 4x4 is really the only option for me.
I hate to say it but the Jeep Renegade is looking likely. Crap plastics and poor quality, here we come!
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Hi Sven - I want frugal though as it has to double up for a car for work!!

Cheers

Kev
 
Sven Normansson said:
Looked at it and it's got too small an engine IMO. I've now looked at every damn car on the market and without paying 30K it's virtually impossible to buy a new car that will do the job. Looks like a 4x4 is really the only option for me.
I hate to say it but the Jeep Renegade is looking likely. Crap plastics and poor quality, here we come!
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They aren't that bad...did a jeep off-road thing in one and better that I thought. Cheap!
 
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