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Originally Posted by freebeard
If there's a garage or carport, one could hang pulleys from the ceiling and grasp the crossbars.
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You could.
We had a roof mounted bike rack for our earlier Jetta Wagon that was Yakima brand. It came on and of by simply turning 4 locks and loosening an allen head bolt so my wife and I could take it on and off in about 1 - 2 minutes as a complete assembly.
For our current Sportwagen I was shocked to see that the same basic rack / mounts are now about $500. No way I was paying that much for 4 mounts and two round bars so I bought a no-name rack off Amazon for $50. The downside is that it is really fiddly to take off and on.
Right now I have my folding boat hanging from my garage ceiling so the box is stored in my shed loft.