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How many have a trailer?
I own a 2000 Mazda Protege ES..... not a Miata.
Keep thinking abt a Miata tho But one things Im trying to figure out is how I would haul "stuff" with a Miata as my only car. Even with my Protege its damn near useless for hauling anything more than a sack of groceries. Example I bought some of those patio chairs made of resin and couldn't haul them home in the Protege either. had my sister haul em home in her Escape Given the above info..... I need some way to be able to haul bulky things home. Not necessarily heavy things but bulky things like chairs or small bushes and such Im pretty sure they make small trailers for Miatas right? If yes how do you like yours and what kind of things could you haul with it? Thanks in advance! |
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"Lanny Chambers" > wrote in message ... > In article >, > wrote: > > > Given the above info..... I need some way to be able to haul bulky > > things home. Not necessarily heavy things but bulky things like chairs > > or small bushes and such > > If it'll fit into a small trailer, it'll probably fit into the passenger > seat with the top down. The seat also comes out with four bolts, if you > need a bit more room. But if my Miata were my only car, and I needed to > haul something bulky every so often, I'd rent or borrow a pickup or van. > Don't buy something you'll only need once or twice a year. Remember, you > have to park a trailer someplace when you're not using it. > > I got a 21" monitor home in the Miata with the top up, but I had to > leave the box at CompUSA. > > -- > Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA > '94C > the alignment page: > http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html I second Lanny. My Miata and I carry home -- every year -- an 9 foot tall, 6 foot diameter Christmas tree. The guy at the tree lot knows me, and now looks forward to me coming by. The tree is 'netted' and the top is down -- and visibility to the right is non-existent. But it is so-o-o-o kewl! Two weeks ago, I was forced to evacuate my apartment -- for the oncoming hurricane. I managed to get, in the front seat, everything I needed for a weeks stay at a friend, along with my 5-gallon tool bucket and all my tools. If the Miata can 'move' you -- why do you need to worry about a few chairs? Besides, your friends with the pick-ups can take up the 'moving friend' slack! Fulfill your wants -- and you'll be surprised how your needs will conform. |
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>If it'll fit into a small trailer, it'll probably fit into the passenger
>seat with the top down. Hmm.... that is a good point abt a convertible that I hadn't thought of... i.e. that with the top down it acts like a pickup bed and can swallow bigger things that even my 4 door Protege cant swallow But what do you do abt those objects that are kinda trashy such as a big bush with all its rots wrapped up into a ball and in burlap? Still need a trailer for that as you wont want dirt in the cab of a Miata. No? |
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> wrote in message
... [snip] > But what do you do abt those objects that are kinda > trashy such as a big bush with all its rots wrapped up > into a ball and in burlap? > > Still need a trailer for that as you wont want dirt in > the cab of a Miata. No? You've hit on the essence of the car. If you need to carry stuff you should get something else. I'd be inclined to buy a beater pick-up truck (too) instead of some (probably quite limited) trailer system. -John |
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>I'd be inclined to buy a beater pick-up truck (too)
>instead of some (probably quite limited) trailer system. No The trailer is much simpler mechanically. Not as much repairs or maint needed as a beater truck Besides i can only afford one vehicle |
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> wrote in message
... > >I'd be inclined to buy a beater pick-up truck (too) > >instead of some (probably quite limited) trailer system. > > No > > The trailer is much simpler mechanically. Not as much repairs or maint > needed as a beater truck > > Besides i can only afford one vehicle Then don't buy a Miata... -John |
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Generic was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
> wrote in message > ... >> >I'd be inclined to buy a beater pick-up truck (too) >> >instead of some (probably quite limited) trailer system. >> >> No >> >> The trailer is much simpler mechanically. Not as much repairs or maint >> needed as a beater truck >> >> Besides i can only afford one vehicle > > Then don't buy a Miata... Now that's not very helpful advice, is it? -- Timo Geusch '91 Eunos Roadster V-Spec |
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I'd be interested in a small trailer as well. For light bulky things
like sleeping bags. Isn't something like that available for motorcycles? Gary Fuchs wrote: > I own a 2000 Mazda Protege ES..... not a Miata. > > Keep thinking abt a Miata tho > > But one things Im trying to figure out is how I would haul "stuff" > with a Miata as my only car. > > Even with my Protege its damn near useless for hauling anything more > than a sack of groceries. Example I bought some of those patio chairs > made of resin and couldn't haul them home in the Protege either. had > my sister haul em home in her Escape > > Given the above info..... I need some way to be able to haul bulky > things home. Not necessarily heavy things but bulky things like chairs > or small bushes and such > > Im pretty sure they make small trailers for Miatas right? If yes how > do you like yours and what kind of things could you haul with it? > > Thanks in advance! |
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wrote:
>>If it'll fit into a small trailer, it'll probably fit into the passenger >>seat with the top down. > >Hmm.... that is a good point abt a convertible that I >hadn't thought of... i.e. that with the top down it >acts like a pickup bed and can swallow bigger things >that even my 4 door Protege cant swallow > >But what do you do abt those objects that are kinda >trashy such as a big bush with all its rots wrapped up >into a ball and in burlap? > >Still need a trailer for that as you wont want dirt in >the cab of a Miata. No? As Ken Lyons posted in a concurrent thread, http://www.hitch-web.com/ I use newspapers if I need to transport dirty items (tires come to mind) in my Miata. I have transported very long pieces of wood in the passenger seat, long enough that I started worrying about overhead wires. Also a 23 inch TV (out of the box.) But keep in mind that the linear extend in front of the passenger seat is quite limited; it is easy to exceed. A trailer would be quite handy sometimes. Though I do not have one. The last time I needed to transport something big a few years ago, a radial arm saw, the Sears manager (himself a Miata owner) offered free delivery when I wanted to try to take it out of the box and home in pieces. Which was just as well. The entire top of the saw was one steel assembly, and whether or not it would have fitted in the passenger seat, (I doubt it), I was most certainly not able to lift it! Leon -- Leon van Dommelen Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .) http://www.dommelen.net/miata EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen) |
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