Daniel,
As far as I know, no minivan will carry a 4x8 sheet flat on the floor. the
wheel wells are just too narrow. They will, however carry an amazing amount
of stuff and still allow room for passengers. After years of saying "I
would never be caught dead in one of those dorkmobiles" we finally bought
one 5 years ago. My wife and I both still love the thing. It is veratile,
luxurious, easy to park, and invisable to cops.
However, If you want to carry lots of lumber, a full size pickup is still
the best answer. Or maybe you could get one of those knockdown trailers and
tow it behind the roadster.
Just a thought.
John
'70 2000
>From: Daniel Neuman Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:08:52 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hello All,
> Well after another trip to one of the local home improvement mega-stores
>(it
>was lowes this time) and trying to get half a houses worth of lights home
>in
>my roadster we have decided that we need to break down and buy a sensible
>car.
>We need something that will seat 4 people and be weather proof. We need
>something thats not too fancy that Irene can drive around Oakland and park
>it places without feeling like a target. We also want something that can
>carry home improvement supplies back to the house. I want to be able to
>lay a 4by8 sheet of plywood-wallboard decking lumber etc. down in the back
>of the car. Seems like we need two cars. A sedate four person people
>mover and a medium size pickup truck. Or waht if we got one of those
>mini-vans
>where you can take the back seats out and then have room for some lumber.
>That
>was my idea anyways...Irene thinks that a hearse would do the same thing...
>except that they are way long and not so easy to park.
> Anybody have any mini-van advice??
>
> Daniel 69 2000
> SF CA
>
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