I used to be a car junkie. My son and I did a little SCCA racing, originally with a Toyota Starlet, then an '85 MR2, and then a VW Scirroco. The Starlet was wrecked beyond repair at Sebring and we ran out of time to go racing and got rid of the Scirocco stuff. At one time, I had 2 Sciroccos and 5 Rabbits sitting around for parts. I've had so many projects in my life I've forgotten some. Some of them were nutty, like the '66 Econoline with a Mustang V8 and C6 automatic. Part of retiring is simplifying, so all of that stuff was cleaned out.
Right before we got the Sprinter, I had a Dakota pickup, Windstar minivan, Pace Arrow Class A and my wife's Focus ZX3. We're retiring (I'm retired, she's still working) and we just didn't need to be paying for 4 insurance policies and registrations for the 2 of us. I got rid of the Windstar, Dakota and Pace Arrow and replaced them all with the Sprinter. I thought I'd miss the pickup, but I have several trailers -- 10' flat bed, 16' tandem flat bed car trailer, 6' open utility trailer and a 12' x 6' closed utility trailer. Between them, I can carry anything I've need with the Sprinter. I also have a 12' x 6' hydraulic dump trailer, but it has 12,000 pound capacity and I use my son-in-law's diesel F250 to tow that when full of dirt. I can pull it with the Sprinter when it's full of mulch. I also have a pontoon boat on a trailer that the Sprinter pulls and launches just fine.
My wife's focus was about worn out, so we replaced it with a Scion XA. It only weighs 2375 lbs., and the idea is that we can tow it with the Sprinter if we decide we need a dinghy. The utility trailer was also purchased to tow with the Sprinter to haul a golf cart and other stuff we can't seem to live without.
Here's the trailer set-up, back when we still had the Focus. I want to paint it to match the Sprinter, but it will have to wait until our new house and barn are constructed.
Here's the Scion pulled up behind the Sprinter. I haven't ordered the tow bar hookup for the Scion, yet. The silver colors look like more of a match in the picture than in real life. Since this picture was taken, the Scion's windows have been tinted and some striping has been added to somewhat match the Sprinter.
So far, the longest we've been traveling in the Sprinter was 2 weeks; usually it's just a weekend. We haven't bothered with towing anything. The tow rigs are planned for when we take some longer trips. I have to have some auxiliary transportation; I have a pesky heart problem that prevents me from walking as far as I'd like.
The heart problem also prevents me from doing manual work on our property, so I've replaced my car projects with a couple of useful toys -- I mean tools.