Need a wagon soon...

[Brett Dikeman]

At 1:43 PM -0500 11/25/04, Taka Mizutani wrote:

>Except for cargo capacity (which it really has none), I'm quite happy
>with my WRX STi. I still need something like a Honda Element, CR-V,
>minivan or wagon to haul stuff around. The STi is totally useless for
>cargo, I might as well have bought the Z06, except I'd still need a
>winter car.

Paul Royal solved this problem handily- he bought a small trailer 
from Home Depot, spent a day or two cutting teak and staining 
it...and now has a great looking trailer for everything from runs to 
the dump to carting 8 tires plus practically every tool he owns to 
track events.  When he's hauling something larger than the trailer, 
the walls come up off the post holes.

I think they're all of ~$500 and light enough that, even fully 
loaded, they can be moved by one person without much fuss.  They also 
tend to have pretty good resale- my father sold his teeny little one 
for more than he paid for all the pieces (he built a tire and bike 
rack, and added a large plastic cargo box).

Oh, and since the trailer doesn't weigh much, you can get one of 
those wimpy hitches that detaches well behind the bumper. That way, 
none of your ricer friends will think you're uncool for actually 
using a Fuji Heavy Industries vehicle for something utilitarian.

Might get some strange looks at the dump, though.

Brett
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