Sounds like you could probably do most of your work with just a car and trailer. I used to have a little Toyota 4wd pickup for the occasional hauling of something, but I finally figured out that it just didn't make sense. Between the registration, inspection, insurance and general upkeep, it was costing a good chunk of change for the handful of times we used it a year. I've since just got a little 4x8 trailer with side racks. That works for hauling mulch or the flail mower or barrels or trash or whatnot. It works fine behind my 83' 300D, and either of my 97' Subaru Imprezas. Not sure how rough the terrain is to your campsite, but if you don't need more than about 5 inches of ground clearance a Subaru would probably work for you there as well.
I live like 40 miles from where I work, but generally I'm only over here 4 days a week and my parents live about 8 miles from work. So lately I've been staying here for the 3 nights. It's a bit cold here in upstate NY this time of year and sometimes adverse road conditions, but come summer I think I'm going to try my electric bike. You can still pedal, but if you want to go faster or need some help up a hill you can kick in the electric. The problem where I live is the hills. If I lived on flat land I'd be on the bike no question. It can be done with a regular bicycle, but it takes some time and effort. I'm hoping the electric bike won't run out of juice up the hill. But I have about 600-800 feet to climb from work back up to my parents. And of course there's valleys in the way depending on which way I go, so more hills. I agree, I'd love an electric or otherwise more efficient vehicle. I'm just trying to use my 83' 300D on oil during the summer season. Once I get that figured out I might try it in the winter... (: Levi On 2/2/06, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Theres irresponsible and then theres real life. Irresponsible in my mind > is the soccer mom with 2 kids and a Suburban... The truck never goes offroad > and is never really full or if it is full its because they're carrying too > much crap they really don't need. > Most people (I know, dangerous term) myself included in this one, who > have a pickup truck could get away with a small SUV and a trailer. I contend > myself by saying the 18mpg my Dakota pulls down is not all that bad and it > only stays in town. When I replace it I'm thinking about a Chevy Colorado > probably with a 4 banger which should pull closer to 23mpg. Not a big > increase but.... > > I figure at some point when we're settled into a house (maybe never the > way things are in New England) I'll probably have 3 vehicles, 2 cars and a > pickup. I don't *need* a pickup but we do use it as a truck, it goes > offroad, hauls trash to the dump, hauls brush, firewood, dirt, lawnmowers > etc. I to need a 4wd vehicle to get in to our camp although I suppose we > could walk the 3/4 mile in carrying all our supplies, or use the tractor, > then again we pull start the tractor behind my pickup and the 190D sure > isn't gonna be able to do that, the Dakota can barely do it now. > My wife only commutes about 8 miles a day, its just a little too far to > walk and she has a side gig walking dogs at lunch which she needs the car > for. An electric car would be ideal for her but we've got nowhere to plug > one in near our apartment. If we had a house I'm thinking it'd be a heckuva > project. > > -Curt > > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 11:35:51 -0800 > From: "R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] W's concern abt oil > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The problem with that (or at least my problem) is that keeping umpteen > vehicles is expensive. I need vehicles big enough to haul people and > tow > things like boats and haul junk etc. I can't do all that with a Honda > Civic > <SNIP> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. -Dale Carnegie
