Sunday, Jun 29, 2008 at 15:16
Well all I'm saying is that surely it wouldn't be that much harder if they were manufactured to take the extra weight from the start. Yes I agree as it currently stands the onus is on the buyer to make sure it is suitable for their needs and if not then to look into what it would take to make it so.
I don't have a gripe against the manufacturers at all, I just see it as a possible solution, but like I pointed out it's probably not in their interest since the majority of buyers probably never use them in the way that they are marketed. Yes take a look at the marketing, it's what lead me to say that in the first place - I don't see ladies loading shopping bags.
In regards to being mindless I don't know if you meant it directly towards me or not, but really there is no need to get personal in that regard. Either way everything we purchased was to suit the purpose of what we were doing at the time...
Long range tank - gets the spare out from under the car giving us more clearance and travelling across the Nullabor (which we did several times) we don't have to pay extortionate fuel prices.
Rear wheel carrier - two spares on the back not taking up luggage space
bull bar - pretty much a necessity with kangaroos & wildlife
winch -
well that was from the previous car and a good to have, albeit mostly pulling other people out of trouble.
Now our travelling style has changed & thus we traded the car in taking a loss as you always do, and we're selling the camper as
well.
I guess in the end, the main point of this whole thread is that people are buying these cars, getting all the goodies available for them, loading up the camping gear and heading off not knowing that there is an potential overloading or weight and safety issue.
Perhaps then a better statement would be more education, weather it comes from the manufacturers or the retailers, or perhaps more stringent registration regulations.
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