RE: [Paddlewise] Metros & Kayaks

From: Ron Johnson <rfred_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 09:19:53 -0500
At 01:36 PM 3/5/1999 -0000, Mel Grindol wrote:
>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.

My wife thinks of the Metro as you do, but it's really a nice little car.
It's noisy, yes, and its shape makes it jump around when trucks pass at 80
mph, but it's a fine little commuter car, and it carries one kayak just
fine using foam blocks.  Our other car is a Honda Accord, and with the
racks on it, it has carried three kayaks at a time at 70 mph.

The ideal shuttle vehicle, in my view, looks a lot like whatever I've got
that I can tie a kayak onto.

Ron

***************************************************************************
PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List
Submissions:     paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subscriptions:   paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net
Website:         http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/
***************************************************************************
Received on Fri Mar 05 1999 - 06:18:43 PST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:05 PDT