3 Jun
2023
3 Jun
'23
7:54 p.m.
On Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 12:25:48PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 2023-06-03 11:46 a.m., Alexander Schreiber via
cctalk wrote:
Hehe.
On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 02:33:07PM -0700, Fred
Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Getting older now, packing a sofa, next a love seat.:)
But, there is another problem.
None of the auto makers still make "Station Wagon"s!
Not quite true. VW makes the "Variant" version of the VW Golf and
Mercedes still makes the "t model" of the C and E class, all of which
are basically station wagons. And I can confirm from experience that
a Mercedes C204 T model fits a complete (fully assembled) IKEA sofa,
so it does have _quite_ a bit of cargo volume (and, once you fold down
the rear seats, a nice long _flat_ loading surface). But can it handle any kind of rack mount computer?
Depends. I'm pretty sure it won't fit a full height rack, but as long
as the computer only occupies _part_ of the rack it might fit. I _have_
used the car to transport more than a dozen rack mounted machines to
their new homes when our club had to clear out the bunker data center
in the Swiss Alps (due to the place changing owners and the new owners
having different plans). But those were almost all 1U pizza boxen,
and reasonably current (hence off topic here) hardware to boot.
Kind regards,
Alex.
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