2x4x8ft test ?

[buickanddeere]

Does the Spark pass the 2X4 test? Will a couple of 8ft long 2x4's or 2x6 fit inside and still be able to shut the tailgate?

 

[tigger19687]

Why do you need to close the hatch ?
Sorry for my ignorance but I have not ever heard of the 2x4 test.

I would think the question would be... can you haul a bunch of 2x4's that are 8-10 feet and be able to drive without it touching the guys windshield BEHIND you

 

[nmikmik]

Why do you need to close the hatch ?
Sorry for my ignorance but I have not ever heard of the 2x4 test.

I would think the question would be... can you haul a bunch of 2x4's that are 8-10 feet and be able to drive without it touching the guys windshield BEHIND you

I think it's a valid question/test (and yes there is such a thing) especially for someone who would be thinking of buying a car like this and don't have another/bigger vehicle.
As far as the answer to the OP question, yes it does fit two 2x4 barely but it does, actually with couple of inches to spare in the back, so it would NOT touch the glass but.... there always a but, you are forced to place the 2x4 on top of the front right speaker and tight to the front windshield.
so, doable? - yes
am I ever doing it? - probably not

 

[Anonymous]

Here's a few of mine:
"You can't take your car on the highway can you?" (Love that one!)
"Can that many people ride in your car?" (I was offering to take a total of 4 people including me.)
"Will it go that far?" (I was just going back and forth to a town 25 miles away.)
"Can it go highway speeds?" (Give me a break. It's a REAL car for goodness sake!)

 

[emv]

Here's a few of mine:
"You can't take your car on the highway can you?" (Love that one!)
"Can that many people ride in your car?" (I was offering to take a total of 4 people including me.)
"Will it go that far?" (I was just going back and forth to a town 25 miles away.)
"Can it go highway speeds?" (Give me a break. It's a REAL car for goodness sake!)

Don't forget the classic upon realizing it's fully electric, "Oh! It's like a golf cart then"

 

[SteveC5088]

Don't forget the classic upon realizing it's fully electric, "Oh! It's like a golf cart then"

My reply to that: "Yes! A 90 MPH golf cart!"

 

[ezryder]

It's an interesting question to me, too, as I used my Mercedes C230 2-door hatchback sports coupe and did exactly that - though they were 8' split beam fence posts. They rested on the dashboard and were a perfect fit diagonally through the car and almost touched the back window. I don't think the Spark will manage that, but I think it will work with a 6 footer. Maybe 7'. Not that that's a lot of help.