camping with a smart car

PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
This past summer while volunteering as campground hosts at Big Bend NP's Chisos Basin CG - we saw a whole lot of combinations of cars, camping methods and tiny trailers we never knew existed.

One problem we did see consistently was overheated, over strained small vehicles. Several required battery recharging, jumps, water, transmission fluid and even several had to be taken out of the mountains on flatbed tow trucks.

Watch the weights. I've seen Cooper Mini's with 1,000 lbs of cargo crammed inside by tent campers. I've seen Toyota Prius pulling motorcycle type popups. I've seen Kia Soul and similar cars by other makers with tiny trailers behind them.

I've seen every one of these brands of car overweight and with potentially serious damage to the drive train. And I've seen them all used successfully.

In general - most folks carry too much stuff and too much weight when they start camping. Watch the weight. Know the vehicle limits - and stay under them.