RE: [Paddlewise] Metros & Kayaks

From: Mel Grindol <grindol_at_my-dejanews.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 13:36:51 -0000
On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 16:59:13   Ron Johnson wrote:
>A vile slander.  My Geo Metro drives comfortably at 70 so long as I am alone.

Is that with a tailwind going downhill?  :)  I had a friend in high school with an old Datsun that could only get above 50 going downhill.

>And I can put a kayak on top, too.

Last summer when the wife and I were decideing to get into kayaking our major concern was whether or not we could haul two sea kayaks on one of our cars, an Integra GS-R coupe or a Prelude.  Not exactly large cars.  When we saw a Metro going down the highway with a _huge_ tripping canoe on top all of our fears were erased.  I swear that canoe was larger than the Metro.  If they would have slid off the road and flipped into water it would have just floated away, wheels in the air.  :)

The two kayaks on the Integra GS-R has worked well.  Gas mileage drops to about 24-25 on the highway but it still has plenty of power to pass.  The advantage of having a car that is quick to begin with.  :)

Mel
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