We folded the passenger seat completely flat (it will recline to an airplane sleeper-seat level of recumbence) and, after removing both bike tires (these fit neatly in the front trunk), we were able to gingerly pass an adult-size racing bike into the cockpit.

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Five Days Later: What the car forsakes in the backseat it makes up for in a spacious front seat and trunk space.

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It's a timber cabin grown grand, three stories' worth, with a big front porch supported by tree-trunk columns.

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