Joe Brzoza wrote: > There's been much support for getting little gas miser cars like the Geo, > but I have to ask are they really designed to carry multiple kayaks, gear > and occupants? The Geo/Swift/Firefly/Whatever versions of the Suzuki car are a "peanut" car in my mind. Not suitable for highway driving and hauling lots of gear. I know - I leased one for a summer when I had an out-of-town contract. Three cylinders and not enough track means you get blown off the road when a kid on a tricycle goes by. The Civic VX and Golf/Jetta/Beetle TDI use engine technology to get performance out of a "normal" sized small car. The Civic is much more solid in the wind and sports a 92 hp, four cylinder engine - plenty of power for those who don't suffer self-image problems. These are two different classes of cars with roughly the same fuel economy. The latter class is more expensive. > Seems to me once loaded they wouldn't be able to get out of > their own way, and the brakes and suspension would be heavily taxed - which > wouldn't make for the safest of situations. We've all seen the cars that > look like their doing wheelies down the road because they're so weighted > down. Two sea kayaks and a rack are about the same weight as one small person. The gear I carry for two on a long weekend's trip weighs about the same again. Not what I'd consider an excessive load and well within the ratings for the car. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 27 2000 - 19:57:37 PST
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