Wagons and Bikes, Trucks and Di[ah, got carried away]

[Stephen Williams <mannlaw@indy.net>]

	A mountain bike [standing upright, seat post dropped] will fit in 
the back of my 89 200 tqw, if you take front rim off [bike], but the 5th 
door will not close [assuming back seat is up].  Frankly, because of the 
rake of the back glass, the ovlov kinda has us beat here.  But, drop part 
of the split back seat and you can lay the whole thing down--with tons of 
room for gear.  Might I suggest a Thule or Yakima rack here?  BTW, if you 
must have the bike standing up in back, go to local bike shop and buy 
[forget the name here] a little device that is made, really, for holding 
front fork when hauling w/o rack in truck, van, etc.  Mount this 
doohickey on board going the width of the back of the car--and you are ready.

	While on the subject of MTB's and Quattro's--drove the car deep 
into the rough stuff to get to some trails we were riding [yeah, I know, 
but hey, why ride when you can drive, right?]--one of the boys with me 
*parked* his turbo 850 and rode w/ me.  Claimed he didn't want to 
"scratch" it.  Right.

	Bruce