+1 on the Rav4. I love mine, too. I can load my Ruby Comp with the wheels on, plus my daughter's Trek mtb, and all our gear, toolbox, picnic basket, and all the stuff we normally carry in the wayback.

Normal gas mileage is in the neighborhood of 24mpg, but when we drove cross-country, fully loaded, we were getting 400 miles to a tankful, or 28mpg.

Roxy