"Live on the beach" ? Please clarify that: Like a beach-bum? and if so, where do you park? Is that why you bought a wagon? They have 6 1/2 feet with the rear seat down and the rear seat cushion removed. Or are you one of the guys in "Two and a half men". Is that the Mercedes they are talking about? Last I heard, you traded it in for another model just like it because you heard that "banging noise".
P.S. Last time I was at Marina Del Rey, they charged me $2.00 per foot for moorage. I thought that was outrageous. But it was a very nice place.