I have two Coleman's a 17 footer my first and a 15 footer the second.
I use the 17 footer mostly for fishing and floating the near by rivers. The 15 footer was bought as one that was abvabile when we were planning a week long family float trip in Michigan's UP. Now my kids are all grown and moved away but I still keep the 15 footer around as it is a little hander for taking back to beaver ponds deep in the woods.

I carry mine on a roof rack now days use ratchet straps to tie them down. At first I did not have a cap on my truck so made a rack in the back of the bed and foam blocks to hold the canoe off the roof I used nylon rope to tie it in place. Bad move at 70 MPH the ropes broke and I had a 17 foot canoe dragging behind my truck till I could stop. Just scratches were the results.

Ya my Coleman's are plastic but quite when fishing or hunting from them do not ding from hitting rocks like alum and crack and need patching like fiber glass canoes.

Al