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Urban Motor Home 4

The Urban Motor Home challenges the conventional SUV to a duel

UrbanMotorHome1 Life in the city is easy without an automobile; it’s healthy and refreshing to commute to work by foot, and I can travel most places I need to on a daily basis fuelled on peanut butter and jelly. There are however special occasions when having a car can be both convenient and advantageous.

Meet my Urban Motor Home: This 1998 Acura 1.6 litre has very low emissions and fuel efficiency comparable to a typical hybrid vehicle. It took a fair amount of time to pack everything aboard for this year’s first Algonquin Park camping trip, but I was finally able to strap on our 2 bicycles and kayak successfully without compromising one another. Although the weather isn’t as favourable as I’d hoped (high of 8 degrees Celsius on Sunday), we’re still planning to make the most out of this trip and welcome the summer in style.

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Who needs an SUV when you can squeeze everything you need to into a low-emission compact automobile? Making the most out of small spaces makes life more interesting and you learn to appreciate things more when you have less.

4 thoughts on “Urban Motor Home

  1. Crankyputz May 15,2009 2:06 pm

    That is a lot of stuff on one car….

  2. James D. Schwartz May 15,2009 2:17 pm

    Cranky, everything is relative. Check out how much you can fit on a single motorcycle (You probably saw a lot of that in India too):

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevin/2175868574/

  3. James D. Schwartz May 15,2009 10:56 pm

    Cancelled the camping trip. They’re calling for rain all day tomorrow and scattered flurries (snow) on Sunday..

  4. Topher E May 16,2009 12:30 am

    Consider that some backpackers manage to carry everything they need for a week or two (except water) on their backs. We surely should be able to fit what we need in a car.

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