There is no doubt that I could easily drive a Prius or Honda Civic
around town and would save fuel. In the summer, that is sort of what I
do with the 300D but I don't try to drive it in winter.
The boat gets hauled about every 2nd weekend. It only gets hauled a half
mile or so to the launch ramp to go in on Saturdya and then the same to
come back out again on Sunday. We do not leave it in the lake when we
are not there.
My mother is at the cottage all summer but is now 80 and I do not want
her to worry about it or go to check on it if there is heavy rain etc.
so, we park it on the trailer when not there.
Tom's boat is only a 16 foot Alumacraft so it does not truly require a
full size truck to launch and retrieve it.
The other boat that I am working on but have yet to use is a 20 foot
Lund with an inboard outboard so a bit bigger and heavier. However for
the short haul and reasonably flat launch ramp, it could be done with
something smaller I think.
We have a 95 4Runner that could be left at the lake for the summer, and
was actually last summer. Right now it has problems and is awaiting repairs.
However, I also am generally hauling some other stuff when we go back
and forth like piles of lumber, plywood etc as we are renovating and
likely will be for the rest of my useful days. The place is long in the
tooth and needs pretty much everything repaired or replaced.
I might do it with a smaller car and a trailer but I also live on a city
lot and have no where to store a trailer.
Round and round we go with this stuff.
I wish there was a more efficient full size pickup. I sometimes consider
a Dodge with the diesel but I don't need a 3/4 ton and I don't drive
enough miles to make it worthwhile.
I know the Prius is neither really small or slow but it is not a truck
either. I have had a Suburban and 2 full size Ford trucks in the recent
past and have become accustomed to being able to haul pretty much
whatever I want to.
If I could acquire a good 123 Wagon I would be tempted but it is
becoming more and more difficult to find a reasonable one without huge
miles on it etc. They, like me, are getting old.
Randy
On 14/05/2012 3:44 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
How often do you haul the boat really? Up to the lake in the spring and back in
the fall or back and forth back and forth?
The Prius (the original anyway, the C is teeny) will haul a lot more than "A few
groceries" its sized more like a 123 than a 201...
I'm not a huge Prius fan but I hate hearing people make fun of it and call it small or
slow, its not either... 0-60 is around 10 seconds which is quite respectable considering
what it is. The wheelbase is 106" which is the same (more or less) as a 123 coupe
and a 68.7 its 1" narrower than a 115.
-Curt
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