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Packing Smart: A Guide For Road Trip Car Packing

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Frank Myers Auto Maxx Road Trip Tips

Packing your car for a road trip is a lot like playing a game of Tetris- you want to fill all the available space without going overboard and having the whole thing collapse on you. Though unlike Tetris, we here at Frank Myers Auto Maxx have some tips and tricks for you to get through the normally-painstaking activity of getting everything placed right in your vehicle the first time. Ready?

Up Front

You’ve got a driver and a passenger occupying both seats up front, so let’s immediately rule those two spaces out for placement of anything. However, the floor of the passenger’s side is still fair game! Right up against the center console is the perfect place for a bag of snacks, purses and things like tablets like watch movies on. Then you’ve got the center console as well, where you can pack up your chargers, tissues, a small first aid kit and things like that. Right behind the center console between either the passenger’s side seat or the driver’s seat you can even put a small garbage bag to keep all your waste centralized.

Frank Myers Auto Maxx Road Trip Packing

In The Back

The backseat area is probably where you’re going to keep most of your stuff for the trip. You’ve got the pockets on the back of both the front seats where you can store magazines, CDs, movies and portable movie players, as well as the floor area for pretty much anything anyone might need during the trip. This can include snack bags again, a cooler for drinks and any toy or activity for the kids, pending they’ve come along for the trip! The backseat area is also ideal for bigger food items, as opposed to the passenger side floor, which might be used for smaller snacks.

Don’t Forget The Trunk

Here’s where you’re packing all the luggage and bigger items that you’re either not going to really need during your trip or things that are just too big to fit anywhere else in your vehicle. If you’re putting something back there that you’ll need during your trip, try to pack it on top of everything else so it’s easily accessible by someone in the back seats depending on the layout of your used vehicle. On the topic of luggage, pack a smaller overnight bag as well if you’re staying at a hotel for a night. This way you’re not unpacking the whole vehicle just to stay overnight somewhere!

If your problem isn’t so much that you’re having trouble packing your vehicle as it is that you’re looking for a great used vehicle, then don’t hesitate to contact us!

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Your Winston-Salem Used Car Dealership Knows About Towing Capacities In SUVs

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Whether you’re towing a relaxing load of summer recreation behind your vehicle or enough materials to construct the better portion of a large shed, the bottom line is that sometimes you need an SUV that’s capable of handling the heavy cargos. So check out our brief, albeit comprehensive, list of older model SUVs that can haul the heavies! Then head over to your favorite Winston-Salem used car dealership to check one out, of course.

2007 Chevrolet Tahoe Frank Myers Auto Maxx

2007 Chevrolet Tahoe

You’ve surely seen the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe around, and for a good reason- the SUV is a beast. On just about every trim available, it can handle up to 8,500 pounds worth of towing. That’s roughly the weight of a full-size car or even a boat! No matter whether you’ve chosen the 4.8-liter V8 or the 5.3-liter V8 engine for the Tahoe, you’re still in good shape to do some heavy traveling. Nearly ten years later and the vehicle is still around, just ready and waiting for you to push it to its true potential.

2007 Ford Expedition

All wheel drive, a standard 5.4-liter V8 engine that outputs 300 horsepower and 365 pounds per feet of torque. See where we’re going with this? You should, because it’s towing behind it a whopping 8,500 pounds. The 2007 Ford Expedition might have been the SUV that came between the Explorer and Excursion in terms of size, but clearly size doesn’t matter in this case. In its class, a towing capacity of 8,500 pounds is downright competitive on top of being impressive!

2007 Nissan Armada Frank Myers Auto Maxx

2007 Nissan Armada

The 2007 Nissan Armada is the closest, most legal way you’re going to get to drive a tank on the streets… at least from a used car dealership in Winston-Salem. The Armada packs a standard 5.6-liter V8 engine that has 320 horsepower just ready and raring to go. Couple that with 385 pounds per feet of torque and you’re ready to pull up to 9,000 pounds! Not that you could tow a 62-metric ton tank in the 2007 Nissan Armada, but your options outside that are still pretty limitless.

 

These are just the tip of the iceberg as far as what we’ve got in store. Contact us for more information!

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