Roof rack load brings slight aero penalty
 

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...pspqjy4mgv.jpg

Needs to draft horse trailers.

Is this some kind of Mr. Bean contraption?

It needs to draft this:

https://dvickers1955.files.wordpress...-motorhome.jpg

oh man yes, that episode was funny :D

It's from the Motorhome Challenge, episode 15:4

Nice bug.

Someone is gently mocking the roof rack craze. I'm a Top Gear fan too but the first thing I thought of was Shakey Jake's 'Worst of show" car from the 1980s.

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ShakeyJake.jpg
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/shakey-jake-man-or-myth.382154/

This was before he added the '59 Cadillac tail fins.

http://www.ratrodnation.com/forum/in...ch=39164;image

my share is a little more conservative!

It's going to be hard to top Frank Lee's.

But here's a thesamba thread were they are counting the Jim Dandy roof racks in existence, and calling out the imposters. Real:
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/145204.jpg

very high quality reproduction, notice the drip rail fittings:
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classi...ix/6896523.jpg

Imposter; cleaner, with wood slats. :thumbup:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56...tings/rack.jpg

Notice that the green Bug has two coolers that are relatively the same color as the car. The owner has style!

It's not the Cd, it's the CG!