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Old 04-18-2022, 04:53 PM   #20 (permalink)
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The heart-warming tail of an Ecomodderer who put a roof-top tent on his TDI New Beetle and was dismayed by the MPG hit, accepted some friendly persuasion, and achieved better than OEM mileage with a hitch-mounted rooftop tent.

ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/compact-camper-alternative-new-beetle-tdi-hard-mounted-26915

[explanatory pics victim of a fickle image hosting site]

You might achieve a similar result with a long, skinny hitch-mounted fiberglass pod.
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