hi,
My GF finally arrived (
) , I need to cross the border to pick it up but my van is in the shop!
does anyone know if it will fit in the back of a Honda civic? 2014 or 2015, if you are picky? back sit down of courseā¦
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Iām going to say unlikely. The box is pretty giant. I bet the box measurements are in the forum somewhere, thatās your best bet, but it really is a big box.
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The shipping box is 45" on the long side, so it will not fit just in the trunk of a civic, according to this video.
Iām not sure how wide the back-seat passthrough is. If itās wider than 28" x 16" than that could work.
(shipping box: 45" x 28" x 16")
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I think the question is will it fit in the back seat. Iām guessing if it fits, it will be on the 16" side so youāll be going against the this end up arrows, however, UPS did the same getting it to the border soā¦
According to Honda the backseat of a 2017 Civic has 2.3 more inches than needed for the box assuming hiproom means width of the back seat. There doesnāt appear to be dimensioned drawings on their website: http://owners.honda.com/vehicles/information/2017/Civic-Sedan/specs#mid^FC2E5HEW so who knows if the geometry of the door opening will leave you with a ādo I unbox it here dilemma.ā Why do people who make websites hate drafting???
There are quite a few Canadians who have done this before you. Hopefully one who did it with a similar sized vehicle will chime in.
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Wait for your Van. You might be able to cram it in the Civic, but do you really want to take the risk?
I picked mine up across the border. It probably could have fit nicely in the Kia Forte 5 hatchback, but I took the Van anyway. That way I didnāt have to rub any cardboard or crush any corners getting it in.
Maybe the shop has a courtesy pickup truck or Van? (Better tell them youāre going across the border).
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this may be the worst option yet, but itās conceivable: How hard is it to remove the passenger seat? Iāve had a few vehicles where it is only four clean interior bolts (others where the bolts go through the floor and are rusted into place, or where you have to almost disassemble the entire seat to get to the mounting points, or where the security-bolt seatbelt attachment point gets in the way of everythingā¦)
Donāt want to mess with seatbelt assembliesā¦ you may not be able to reassamble it correclt, youāll normally void any applicable warranty, and you may injure yourself.
This one from my XJ almost got me real good: so much potential energy in that sharp, coiled steel spring!
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thank you for all the inputā¦ and for doing all that homework! Iām really tornā¦ if I can pick it up tomorrow I can spend the extra long weekend setting it up and stuffā¦ if not I will probably need to wait a whole other week.
well I guess you took that as a challenge, not a warning! 
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wellā¦ I meanā¦ it was broken.
I had to remove it.
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Any chance you could just rent a van for the day?
I was thinking of borrowing a van, tās always a bit more complcated when you cross the border with itā¦
and ernting a avn is probably 50$. yes Iām itching to put my hands on it finally but is it worth the money + the extra hour of work picking up and returning a rental?
Iām going with āyesā but I do so love my lasery goodness. 
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