> From: "Michael Daly" <mikedaly_at_magma.ca> > Date: 2005/05/24 Tue PM 01:13:51 EDT > To: PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net > Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] vehicle for sea kayakers > >> The Mazda 3 whatever, Volkswagen Golf TDI or TDI wagon, My Jetta TDI wagon is, IMO, nearly the perfect paddling vehicle: great fuel economy (Averaging 43 mpg combined city/highway), low roof, good cargo capacity, side rails on the roof, so the spread between the load bars on the roof is about 40 inches, and cheap to insure. You just have to adjust to the idea of driving a diesel, which is really no big deal, considering they have the same performance as the base gas engine nowadays. Wayne Wayne Smith wsmith16_at_charter.net Check out my website! http://webpages.charter.net/wsmith16/home.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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