[NSRCA-discussion] Small Car - 2 m plane hauling

[Chad Northeast]

Toyota Matrix, or Pontiac Vibe (same car basically) are great options as 
well.  I have owned a 2003 matrix and a 2009 matrix (both xrs), they can 
pretty easily haul around a 2m model and your stuff and are good on 
gas.  You can't beat a Toyota for reliability, have owned 4 of them and 
put a few 100,000 km combined on them, none has ever seen the shop for 
anything more than regular maintenance.

I do have a Sienna for my planes though (the matrix is agnes's car), and 
it blows the doors off using anything else....nothing like a large van.  
Nedim and I went to Munice (7000km round trip) with 3 planes, and tons 
of gear with plenty of room to spare.  The minivan is worth it if you 
are going to be traveling a lot.

Chad
>
>      
>     In a message dated 8/11/2008 4:02:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>     jim.woodward at baesystems.com writes:
>
>         Hi Guys,
>          
>         I commute about 75 miles a day, then do about 100 miles of
>         driving a weekend for practice so I am on the road a lot.  I
>         am thinking to down sizing one of my cars.  At this point,
>         I’m thinking about these three:
>          
>
>            1. Scion XB, 28, hwy mileage
>            2. Honda Fit, 34, hwy mileage
>            3. Chevy HHR, 30 , hwy mileage
>            4. $ these around $16,000
>
>          
>         Here is a nice website that allows you to do car by car
>         comparisons. 
>         http://scionbuyersguide.theautochannel.com/compare_details.php?car1=21667&car2=22687&car3=22711&car4
>         <http://scionbuyersguide.theautochannel.com/compare_details.php?car1=21667&car2=22687&car3=22711&car4>=
>          
>         OR – is something like the Dodge Grand Caravan the way do
>         go, and that is the biggest bang for the buck? 
>          
>         Any ideas would be great. 
>         Thanks,
>         Jim
>          
>          
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