Why didn't you ask sooner?
Compact camper alternative: New Beetle TDI with hard mounted pop up tent
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FreeBeard was right...what would we do if the MPG goes up!?!?
Thanks FreeBeard! I just returned home from a 770 mile round trip to Portland, lake Oswego and home! I returned home late last night and checked the hard mileage and found 770 miles, 15.6 gallons netted 49.3MPG! So as Freebeard suggested, what will we do if the mileage goes up?!?
Beetle w/o any attachments/slick top= ave 48mpg :{)
Beetle with factory VW Roof racks and CVT tent= 38mpg :/
Beetle with new areo-hitch mounted rack/CVT tent= 49.3MPG WhoooRah!
That is a gain of 11.3 mpg boys and girls!
the beautiful Multnomah Falls
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tinypic ate all the pictures, It was a New Beetle with an originally top-monted tent that he moved to where a notvhback would be, clamped to the roof and trailer hitch.
If you should ever make a pop-tent here is the design I found at
Permalink #57, that picture is still there:
Mounted in the wrong place, of course. With an inflatable floor, it would weigh about as much s a backpack.
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