Have been looking to change my car and so far a Focus is the car I can get most comfortable in. So is anyone lugging gear around in one? Probably looking at 08-09 1.6 Diesels that haven't been hammered too much. Undecided between hatch and estate, only looked at a hatch so far.
Do hard cased acoustic guitars fit easily in the boot without flattening seats or removing the shelf? Not necessarily a deal breaker but would like to know. Knowing if a bass would fit would also count.
Also do the seats fold flat for shifting larger loads?
My bandmate has the newest Focus estate and IIRC the seats fold flat but a quick look at Parkers online suggests the old one's seats don't flatten properly, can anyone shed any light on that?
I know I can check this myself but I won't have time to do so for at least another week so wonder if anyone can help me out in the interim so I don't get too excited looking at auto trader.
Thanks in advance.
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I had an 07 Focus hatchback and a 01 one before that. On the older ones, up to 04 I think, you had to take the rear headrests off to fold the seats flat. It was a pig of a job. On the newer model you don't need to bother, they just fold straight down. The seats go almost flat and give you bags of room for such a compact car.
I could just about get an electric in a flat case in, laying across the boot without folding the seats down, but my acoustic in a bigger moulded hardshell case wouldn't fit, although it's a jumbo and therefore a pretty big case. It would lay quite happily on its side across the rear seat though. A combo amp fits easily in the boot too.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
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Here's mine, like I say an '06 but I think any estate of the vintage @guitarfishbay is looking at should be like this - that piece of plastic trim just inside the rubber seal is flush with the boot's floor for the middle 3/4s and slightly annoyingly curves up a little at the edges. But I've never had any trouble either lifting a flightcased ac30 right in and out (because I'm in my 20s still) or sliding it on/off the back like you described @Phil_aka_Pip (because despite being in my 20s I'm tired after the gig #:-S )
So there you have it. Let it be shouted from the rooftops that Cirrus is so helpful, he went out in the rain to take a picture of his boot.
B-)
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