I’d love to buy a Jeep - really! I’ve always wanted a Wrangler. But the brand’s reliability has been horrid. Its hard to ignore it, hard enough in fact, that I have to write them off for now.

My wife’s old Taurus had them. I referred it to is the Ford Taurus Grandma Edition.

My dad has Pilot, had to beef up the suspension with air ride’s just to tow a large pop-up camper because the ride was so bad. Bleck...

Something Old: Dr. Dre “Let Me Ride” (NSFW)

Its ALWAYS the damned answer.

MN’s pretty awesome. “Goin’ north to the cabin” is a summer tradition for most families. A lot of boat manufacturers in MN as well. Maybe we could start boatlopnik and staff it here in the north star state.

But I live here in MN! I’ve had lots of fun in and around these unloved pseudo-lakes.

1. From Wikipedia: Minnesota is known as The Land of 10,000 Lakes and officially there are 11,842 lakes more than ten acres (40,000 m²) in size. The prevalence of lakes has generated many repeat names.
   

Yea, Morries!

I remember folks from Mazda doing an entire presentation about this “car” at the Minneapolis Auto Show when I was a kid!

I-35E though St. Paul. Intentionally lower then the rest of the entire I-35 interstate and bans trucks because of rich people that live on a hill above it and their concerns about noise.

Holy crap - did you see that tire going flying back over the wall? The drivers might be OK but what about the person/thing the tire hit?!

I was thinking the same thing!

Preach on!

And a picture of mine for good measure!

My dad has a new pop-up and the durability seems to have taken a slide. Lots of things breaking in the first couple years of ownership. Its funny to think that ours sleep 6 or 7 according to the manual - ha, at most we do three. The two of us on the “queen” and one guest at the far end.

Maybe my $5k threshold is a bit strict. That looks like a nice rig! No slide-out on mine but I am sure that is nice!

If you spend more than $5k on a popup you’ve spent too much. Find a used once that didn’t have a fur-ball dog or smoker as a past occupant and you are set! If you find a small to medium sized one they can be towed behind most crossovers, SUV’s and even larger cars. I tow mine behind an Escape and it works well.

Or! You can rock the hand-me-down 1984 Starcraft popup camper! Cheapest option, can store it in a normal garage, easy to tow/park, and has very little yearly maintenance needed. Just choose a camping spot close (but not too close) to the campground toilets/Walmart entrance.