Square peg into a roundish hole

[CJL]

Anybody know if a 150 Merc Optimax will fit in the back of an Audi A4 estate?

I'm worried about the weight as well as the physical size!

Chris

[ADS]

If its a company car there shouldn't be a problem!
I have had a 70HP Tohatsu in the back of an A6 estate no problem, but like you say its more the weight than the size, you will have trouble manhandling that.

[Nos4r2]

I'd hire a van. It'll be very hard to get something as heavy as a 150 Opti in (and more importantly out) the back of a car without damaging the engine in some way.

[Neil Harvey]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

I'd hire a van. It'll be very hard to get something as heavy as a 150 Opti in (and more importantly out) the back of a car without damaging the engine in some way.

Not to mention damaging the inside of the car and peoples' backs.
If you go the car route, put down a ply board and then an old blanket or something you can use to pull it across the board til it's in.

I have done it with a 65 Suzi into a toyota hilux surf which has quite a high boot floor, and was not a nice job.

Would not fancy a 150, especially into a low down estate!

[Nos4r2]

That and if you have to do an emergency stop when some goon cuts you up it'll go straight through the windscreen and make a nasty mess of everything in the way...

[Neil Harvey]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

That and if you have to do an emergency stop when some goon cuts you up it'll go straight through the windscreen and make a nasty mess of everything in the way...

Fair comment, if I think about ti I had tie down points in the back of the surf, so it was ratcheted down as well. Maybe not such a good idea if you can't do that!

[John Kennett]

Well I managed to put a Landrover engine in the back of a Fiesta once, but it wasn't easy and didn't do the car a lot of good.

I'd go with Nos and suggest investing £50 in hiring a van for the day.

John

[codprawn]

Borrow or hire a trailer for it.

[Swifty]

I got a mercury 90 into my Discovery -and managed to shut the door.

Took four of us to get it out and plonk it on the transome though!


...or take the boat to the engine???

[Hightower]

If it will pysically fit inside then the weight won't be a probem, only weighs 200 kg's.

Ply board and carpet seems like the best way to go.

As for going though the windscreen More likely to give you a good squashing though