Arriving at the cottage and partly unpacked.

This is how you put 2 small children and all their stuff for two weeks in a hatchback.

I should stress that the children are in the car. :)

The economics of the situation should be obvious. I could drive a minivan, burning extra fuel around the city all year, averaging about 10,000 km, just so I'll have enough room for this one yearly trip. Instead, I burn the extra fuel being less aerodynamic on the 700 km trip to the cottage.

If I could do it all again, I think I'd get an even smaller car with good torque, and a motorcycle trailer.

Cheers to Curt Manufacturing model #18145.

www.curtmfg.com/part/18145

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Fuel economy footnote on The 3 vs. The Caravan:

9.2/6.7 vs 14.7/10.2 L/100 km

www.auto123.com/en/mazda/3-sport/2005/specification/gs?ca...

vs.

www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/21533.shtml

so 8,075 L vs. 12,400 L burned at the 100,000 km mark

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