I recently had a chance to test out exactly what a properly designed sub-compact could hold when pushed. As part of blending households, my gf sold her
queen sized platform bed on kijiji. The woman who bought it was helping her daughter set up her first place on her own. They arrived in a Honda Fit.
The bed has the aforementioned platform, plus a back unit for storage and two night tables. The base of the platform consists of a rectangular box with interlocking cross pieces providing extra support. The platform itself splits into two pieces, each of which shares a single front trim plus some side trim on each half, giving it a finished look to match the wood grain of the other pieces.
On to the Fit. We realized that it would take at least two trips. They lowered the back seat and slid one half of the platform in between the two front seats. Along with that piece, we put in both night tables. That was trip #1.
The second trip required that the front passenger seat be put flat as well. This time the car held the other half of the platform, the rear storage unit and most of the remaining pieces. The woman's son came with his Honda, a Civic, to get the final bunch of pieces.
I was suitably impressed.
