In my Matiz, we used to travel on long trips. Some tips:
- Use only soft bags - the overnighter type
- Each person to have his own small bag
- Don't carry any breakable stuff
- Keep things like the 20 ltr water bottles on the side just before the door
- Pack things in and do not open the door after that except to unpack
- Keep things that you need to take during the drive on the top such as food, water
- Wear woollens instead of packing them up - relieves the load once you start climbing up the hills
- Keep things under the seats
- Keep things in the gap between your foot and the seat bottom
- Don't keep anything above the dashboard, they will keep rolling around once you are in the hills
- Use the seat back rests to hang out objects like cameras, etc, that should not be inside the bags but available for shooting en route
- If the dicky door does not close because of the things stuffed in, remove some things, close the door and stuff them in from teh brear seat area
- Take care that the driver's rear vision is not obstructed by the things stuffed in the rear
- Remove teh rear tray and throw it out (i.e. leave it behind at home)
Kumar |