04-27-2016, 05:13 PM
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Classic VW crowd might own that one. :/
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With a piece of period luggage strapped on as well.
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04-27-2016, 05:34 PM
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Classic VW crowd might own that one. :/
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I think that's why they typically call this look "Euro style". Started with the VW/Audi crowd and now popular with lots of makes... |
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04-27-2016, 05:39 PM
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You can almost give the classic Bugs a pass for the roof boxes. How much worse can the aero get?  |
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04-27-2016, 06:52 PM
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Pix or it dit-ent happen.
Roof Racks: The VW equivalent of rolling coal |
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04-27-2016, 07:48 PM
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We can put stickers on our air dams now?! Would that make them look better or worse?!  |
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04-27-2016, 10:06 PM
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Same here - I have a set that hangs in my garage. I put them on a car maybe once or twice a year.
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Sure beats owning a pickup for that once or twice, doesn't it?
I always considered a rack to be necessary equipment for every car we owned, and it's how my Fit got its name. We had a blue 89 Accord sedan named Al, short for J. Alfred Roofrack. In 01 we replaced it with another blue 89 Accord sedan, named Al Jr. Al the Third is actually our first car without a rack, but it is a blue Honda 4-door. And it's got a hitch.
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04-28-2016, 01:29 AM
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We had a blue 89 Accord sedan named Al, short for J. Alfred Roofrack.
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J. Alfred Proofrack?
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04-28-2016, 02:20 PM
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Another tidbit from the study:
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people drive around with their roof racks empty eight times more than when loaded
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That seems conservative, either by time or distance. |
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04-28-2016, 03:46 PM
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Does that count possibly-empty cargo boxes?
I think I used the roof rack on my Forester twice, only because I could not move all of my stuff at once!
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04-28-2016, 05:46 PM
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Another tidbit from the study:
That seems conservative, either by time or distance.
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Definitely a flawed study. The question is, how many racks go through the entire life of the vehicle without ever being used even once?
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