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Old 11-06-2016, 07:44 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Hersbird View Post
Because it still doesn't make sense. You have to leave the camper up there all the time or would need somewhere to park it, it might as well be a trailer all of the time. A small single axle hi-lo would be towable by the car, is insulated, has full stand up height, and not much added frontal area in the down position. It even has a bathroom. You could find a really nice one for under $10,000. Look for a 17T model.
You are way underestimating what any structure up there is going to weigh especially once you add gear. The beauty of having it all in a trailer is it is ready to go all the time, and then doesn't need unloading after the trip. Weekend trips all packed out of the trunk take forever to load, forever to set up, forever to take down, and then forever to unload back home. Got a trailer? Feel like bugging out? Gone with a stop maybe at the grocery store on the way.
if the time and money are not an issue then I would just drive the Tesla and enjoy it for what it is. Then, use something designed to sleep in for the rest of the equation.

Doing the exercise for the heck of it is good, but I think that reality and sanity needs to be considered too. I would not be comfortable driving within a country mile of your proposed vehicle

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