I'd love to chip in for some cargo space in someone's vehicle, as the buddies we'd like to carpool with are a bit too much for our vehicle. Can anyone put me in touch with a cube truck or a cargo van or even a smaller car that could take a few things (bags or water or bikes?) In 2008 we did this wit...

I last year I took my DSLR and covered it with blue painter's tape. I did an detailed, awesome job of positioning the tape so that I could still change the focus, and I lightly taped over all buttons and re-wrote their functions on the tape. I never changed the lens (zoom!). I had no problems with it!