Barbara Kossy wrote: > I consider my '91 Honda Civic Hatchback SI to be the ultimate sea kayaking > car. > Low roof makes it easy to load boats. It's held four for a shuttle. Packed > it with 2 kayaks and gear and food and water for 2 people for three weeks > in Baja. Great mileage. Fun to drive. > Only drawback is that when the hatch is up it bumps the kayaks on the roof. > Barbara > I've a '92 Civic hatchback and have no complaints at all. Two kayaks, two paddlers and loads of gear. Even with the boats on the roof and a full load I get better fuel economy than most cars under ideal conditions (I've got the V-Tec high fuel economy option). Unfortunately, the newest Civic Hatchbacks don't have the roof or rack capacity to carry a kayak (according to Thule). I'd take a look at the VW Golf TDI. Great fuel economy (important for me - no sense wasting a non-renewable resource and polluting excessively to boot), a reasonable size for a paddler's car and good roof rack system. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 10 1999 - 17:54:54 PDT
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