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tyinsky
Hockenheim
Joined: 29 Jun 2012
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Location: London, UK
1997 Porsche 993 Carrera 2S
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 Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:02 am Post subject: Luggage on the rear seats
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My road trip is getting closer, car ships early next month and I'm working through the remaining jobs before it goes.
The one thing that is foxing me so far is getting the luggage in. I was hoping to fit two of those expanding hard shell wheeled cabin bags on the folded back seats, but only one will fit, the other then has to go on top which means it will slide around. The second one will not stand up as there is not enough headroom.
I'd like to avoid ones without wheels/squashy bags as I will have to unload them every night and take them into a hotel, and sometimes the car park will be some distance from the hotel.
What solutions have others worked out if anything?
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Robertb
Dijon
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Location: South Oxfordshire
2002 Porsche 996 Carrera 4S
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Maybe remove the seat backs all together for the trip, to give access to not only the flat shelf but also the area under where the seats would fold down?
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Alex
Le Mans
Joined: 06 Mar 2014
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Location: The Ribble Valley, Lancashire
2000 Porsche 996 Carrera 4
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| Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:13 am Post subject:
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I take my rear seats out.
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MaxA
Albert Park
Joined: 11 Oct 2015
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Location: Helsinki
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| Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: Luggage on the rear seats
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| tyinsky wrote: | My road trip is getting closer, car ships early next month and I'm working through the remaining jobs before it goes.
The one thing that is foxing me so far is getting the luggage in. I was hoping to fit two of those expanding hard shell wheeled cabin bags on the folded back seats, but only one will fit, the other then has to go on top which means it will slide around. The second one will not stand up as there is not enough headroom.
I'd like to avoid ones without wheels/squashy bags as I will have to unload them every night and take them into a hotel, and sometimes the car park will be some distance from the hotel.
What solutions have others worked out if anything? |
You can get semi rigid (can I say that?) luggage with wheels and integrated handles that is more squishy than hard shell cabin baggage, and might fit better. The other alternatives are that you just have to carry your own luggage, or you only stay in places where they carry your luggage for you...
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nickjonesn4
Montreal
Joined: 10 Aug 2017
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Location: Edinburgh
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| Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: Luggage on the rear seats
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| MaxA wrote: | | only stay in places where they carry your luggage for you... |
100% with you on this 
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tim993
Zolder
Joined: 22 Aug 2006
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Location: Hampshire
2016 Porsche Boxster 981
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quite a few years ago I drove down to Le Mans in the 993. there were three of us in the car and we did not want to stint on essentials like a camping fridge, pillows, decent cooking equipment etc.
The solution was a roof box.
Could be what you are looking for  
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tyinsky
Hockenheim
Joined: 29 Jun 2012
Posts: 683
Location: London, UK
1997 Porsche 993 Carrera 2S
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cableguy
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Location: North Yorkshire
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ch3tman
Hockenheim
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nickjonesn4
Montreal
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No wheels unfortunately. Not sure if the "exact fit" Porsche cases work in the back of a 993. The boot cases are good if very expensive
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cableguy
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The ultimate "exclusive" 993 luggage solution... 
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andyobro
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Location: Poole
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Those were mine, I didnt like them myself. I thought I would look a bit spaz carrying the weird size cases in to a hotel 
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jhrfc
Silverstone
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Normski298
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| nickjonesn4 wrote: |
No wheels unfortunately. Not sure if the "exact fit" Porsche cases work in the back of a 993. The boot cases are good if very expensive |
I bought them off Ebay - great luggage. Will be using them next month for my trip through Spain & Portugal
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The return of Marty Wild
Albert Park
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Unless I needed people in the rear, I’d not be carrying around the unnecessary weight of the seats any how. Even an argument to say it’s more comfortable in the back of a 993 without the seats.
Enjoyed the bit about not wishing to look like a spaz with that custom luggage, I’d go the other way, thinking my luggage was unique, necessitated by the ridiculously cool car I drive. And for all you know, could contain equipment I need for my band
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tyinsky
Hockenheim
Joined: 29 Jun 2012
Posts: 683
Location: London, UK
1997 Porsche 993 Carrera 2S
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As far as I can tell Hills Alive are no longer in the game. Quite like the look of the ones linked above, and at under £200 not outrageous. Shame they don't have the wheels like the ones they make for the newer cars. Under consideration 
Seat removal I'm not sure about. Every now and again they come in handy. If I went down the route of fitting a pair of 996 GT3 buckets I'd pull them out but they seem to look right the way they are right now, and weight isn't going to be that much of a concern in a car loaded up for a road trip.
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