Well, in the RV world, your "toad" is the vehicle that is being "towed".
When we bought the bus, I never thought about how we were going to get around once it was parked. Last summer, we had a trailer. We would unhitch it, and use the truck to drive wherever we went.
When we ventured out at Christmas, we figured we would make due without a car. However, know that we have had the extra time to prepare (and research), we figured we needed a Toad.
My husband started looking. We had a few criterion. One, had to be light, Two, had to be somewhat "fun", and Three, it had to be affordable. What that means is, after all of our investments in the bus and maintenance, we didn't want to spend even more money on the Toad. Plus, being towed all the time meant a good chance of rock chips, etc.
Adam's family had a motorhome and had a few different Toads, so we had an idea of what type of vehicle would be good. We started looking on kijiji. We also found a few Toads that had the towing part attached (a plus), but nothing that was in decent shape, local and for a decent price.
Then, one day Adam found one. He called me and we went up right after work. It's perfect.
Ok, it's far from perfect. It is a Tracker. It has a hard top.
It needed new brakes, a rear taillight. And a paintjob.
Thankfully, Adam can do all of that, and he likes working away at it, when he has time. The Tracker looked like this:
And now, it looks like this:
So obviously, it is a work in progress!
However, it will be painted "Wild Raspberry", which is a close match to the bus. (Might as well match if we were re-painting it anyway).
I will post more photos. Adam has about 12 days to get it done. I am also interested in seeing how it hooks up to be towed by the bus.
Can't wait!
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