Trip to Home Depot

[jkirkebo]

This is one of the reasons I'm getting the pano roof, so I can fit a roof rack and put those 2x6's there instead. Especially since I usually buy the ~17' long ones...

 

[MikeC]

Did you have to fold down the front seat or did you just run then up the middle?

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Does the front passenger seat fold down like the back seats? Or do you mean reclined all the way back?

 

[kevincwelch]

Does the front passenger seat fold down like the back seats? Or do you mean reclined all the way back?

I meant reclined. Probably would help with some of the longer ones. Those were 72 inch boards...easily fit. I'm sure you could get some 10 foot boards in diagonally with the seat reclined.

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[Zextraterrestrial]

Did you have to fold down the front seat or did you just run then up the middle?

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Folded the rear left seat. You could fit 11 feet or a bendy 12foot . pretty useful car.

 

[wraithnot]

Couldn't do this in the old car. (Much to my chagrin, one of the carpet screws under the seat popped off. Another item to the list....)

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I see your trip to Home Depot and raise you a trip to IKEA. This is a GALANT corner desk: GALANT Corner desk-left - IKEA

When we first tried to load it, I thought it was hopeless. But with a little perseverance (and desperation) we figured out how to tilt things just right and rotate the desktop around the narrow point in the cargo area. Tearing away part of the box was also required. But we got the damn thing home. And managed to extract it from the car with some additional effort.

Although I do have to admit that the desk crammed in there doesn't look nearly as scary as all that lumber aimed at the 17" screen.

 

[kevincwelch]

I see your trip to Home Depot and raise you a trip to IKEA. This is a GALANT corner desk: GALANT Corner desk-left - IKEA

In my best Darth Vader voice: "Impressive. Most impressive."


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[Martini]

Just don't be this guy:

 

[abasile]

Love the posts. When we eventually buy a used Tesla S or X, we'll be doing the same thing! Our LEAF has carried some pretty heavy loads: My Nissan Leaf Forum View topic - 6600+ ft. of climbing / LEAF in the San Bernardino Mountains

Like some others, I'm generally too cheap to pay for delivery. ;-)

 

[wraithnot]

In case anyone wondered, you can fit a standard size dish washer in the back of a Model S. Just be really sure all the water is drained out if it isn't brand new. As an added bonus, when you have the rear hatch closed the various hoses and wires on the bottom of the dishwasher make it look you have a flux capacitor in your car . . .

 

[aaronw]

I just hauled a dishwasher in the back of my MS a couple weeks ago. The appliance store was a bit surprised.

 

[Chipper]

I usually just wash my travel mug in a sink...but to each his own!

 

[MikeN13]

I realize that this is a very old thread, but figured I would add my cargo story.

I just hauled home a long arm quilting machine with quilting frame. The frame has 5 10' pieces of conduit, 2 large side panels, and a center frame. I put down the rear seat behind the driver. The poles went over the arm rest, into the front passenger foot area. All 5 pipes fit fine and the rear security panel even folded down above the poles.

The panels went in the rear cargo area flat. The quilting machine went in the frunk.

All of this rode fine for the 400 mile drive home.

 

[SilkySmooth]

The liftback was a key reason I upgraded from the 3 to the S, and these pics show why. While there are other reasons to prefer the S, almost certainly I would have settled for a 3 otherwise.

 

[jelloslug]

No way, no chance ... .EVER ... you'd see that in my S! Im already picturing that 4x6 sliding into the 17" during a regen.

Dude, you are crazy! I'd have paid some guy at HD to drive it home for me .... or better yet a neighbor.

One of the parameters we used when we bought our Model S is how many 2x4s we could haul home. I keep 3 heavy bath towels in the car at all times just in case I want to haul something oversized and/or dirty.

 

[rod_c]

Nice! Glad to see people using their cars for utilitarian purposes. It's better than having a garage queen, IMO.

 

[jelloslug]

Here was last years black Friday score:

 

[agloutney]

I raise you a 60 gallon water heater still in its box. Also carried a fully framed door and lots of other stuff. This car is a workhorse.