I would think most vehicles will take a hitch and haul a lightweight trailer. If you're open to a small trailer...I think your vehicle options are wide open.

I have a GD3 Honda Fit and have yet to come across a pin that will not fit nicely inside. No way will it haul a trailer though. Keep wanting to get a hitch for my wife's car for that...

Find a good used Honda Element. Plenty of room, decent mileage, good reliability, can pull a trailer, and cheaper than new! Save up the money for a sporty vehicle for date nights...

Ford Escape of all generations can haul a pin and at least certain years with certain engines have capability (I had an 09 AWD Limited with 3.0 and it had 3500lb towing capacity).

There's a good post of what vehicles pins fit into on the Pinwiki and that would be a good start: http://pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Vehicles_for_Moving_Pinball_Machines

I have a 2011 Honda Fit and absolutely love it. The "magic" seats are awesome. Pins fit perfect (even widebody). Vids are hit or miss. I fit a Tempest all the way just barely, and a R-Type was hanging out a little so I left the gate open but fortunately wasn't going far.

Toyota Tacoma fits the bill probably better than most.

2007-2008 was the GD3. The GE3 is the current model. I cannot say if the current fits a pin. It may. Hard to tell without trying it.

I doubt the Golf 2 or 4 door will. I ordered a Sportwagen SEL TDI, so that will but past gens of it required taking the hinge brackets off and sliding the back box forward to gain an inch of height. I'll update when I have mine in a few months.

I fit a Star Trek pro in the 2015 Equinox. You have to pull the backseat all the way forward and it is a tight fit.

Considering I helped a guy fit an RCT into his Prius at Expo....your vehicle options are pretty wide open, and about any mid-sized vehicle can pull a small trailer (if you have it fit with a hitch)

Wranglers get crappy gas mileage and have minimal storage. Good MPG and hauling are not their forte.

I doubt a Scion xB is rated to tow anything. Neither is my Hyundai but I've used the $15/day U-Haul trailer a few times without issue. It can hold any pin and saves me having to store a trailer of my own.

I love my MB GL for hauling one or two games. Usually with 2 you can only fit people in the front row. Gets 27mpg highway as well. Diesel is about the same as has now so that makes it even nicer. Also can tow 8000 lbs.

I wouldn't try towing anything with it, but the Scion XB gets good enough gas mileage to make two trips. This is a 2004 first generation.IMAG0928.jpgIMAG0929.jpgIMAG0930.jpg

I've hauled several pins in it, but only one at a time. This XB was one of the first in the country. My wife flew from St. Louis to San Diego and drove it back. It was later totaled by soft ball sized hail in Kansas. We bought it back from the insurance company, put new glass in it and have been using it as a pin fetcher since. It now has 270,000 miles on it and is still going strong.(has a timing chain, no belt to break)

Sounds like you have a pretty good handle on your choice but I couldn't be happier with my Nissan Xterra. It sits a bit higher than the Scion but you can slide a pin right in the back and you can add a tow kit to it very easily. Or grab one that comes with it. I have a 2005 model and its still running strong. I love the car. I'm actually thinking of purchasing another one since I would like to update my ride.

chris

The upside is they're 4 wheel drive, can be convertibles and aren't humiliating to be seen in. It'll have no problem pulling a trailer if the original buyer went with 3.73 gears. I think an Unlimited (4 door) with the back seat out will fit a pin with ease.

Can't imagine a cooler all-around vehicle for someone the OP's age. The chicks might not even run away when he tells them he's into pinball.

My sister had that exact car in purple! What the heck kind of suspension work is 2k? Were the Duke boys driving it? Holy crap.