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I haul 8 foot lumber all the time in my civic with the rear hatch closed, but the rear hatch is only 44" wide so no ply wood inside the car, I've towed a trailer with my old civic vx and averaged 39.9mpg over the entire tank where I was either towing a trailer with 12 foot long dry wall or hauling 800 pounds of lead acid batteries with me.
Here if you have something hanging out the back of a vehicle more then 3 feet it has to have a red flag on it in the day time or a red light on it at night and a compact car can tow a trailer that is up to 40 feet long.
So the question is, if you can save $300 or more per year on gas by getting a vehicle that gets better mileage, is it worth spending $300 once on a high quality roof rack that will last you the rest of your life or spend two years of fuel savings on a trailer and trailer hitch? and do you have space to store those when they are not in use?
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