That's actually one of the reasons I like my Audi -- I can lift a set of doubles into it; the extra height of our Tacoma tailgate means I have to have help to get them in.
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... I don't think I've ever seen a diver working from a [mini-]van. That being said, it seems like they actually have the potential to be amazing dive vehicles. No well in the trunk, AWD possible, space to sleep if you take out the seats. Put on the Drysuit in running A/C (Thermals for 2 hrs @ 40F is brutal in the summertime), Oddly, I haven't found many references to them as dive vehicles, and other posts I found here on SB start with a prohibition against minivans. Since I've never seen someone dive from one I wasn't sure if that was aesthetic or what. ...
The Toyota FJ makes a great dive vehicle. Reliable, 4WD, washable interior. No tailgate but you can use the back end to put doubles on. It's pretty high.I'm thikning aobut upgrading my divemobile from a well-used 4-door sedan to a new(er) vehicle. It seems like a truck is the gold standard for getting doubles on and off directly from the vehicle, but I'm wondering what other types work well, especially with other benefits? For instance, in a (mini)van you can remove the back seats and sleep in it... but I'm not sure if the tailgate is high enough to don/doff doubles.
Thoughts?
Wow. I can't believe no one brought up a Sprinter by Mercedes Benz.