Sweet Rack or Nice Box!

[bvibert]

Seems you have no luck with cars.

Not lately.

 

[Warp Daddy]

For extended road trips My Saab Sport combi handles all our ski gear. boot bags etc INSIDE as well as the other backpacks duffles etc . Has 73 cu ft of luggage space w/ the seats down

for daytripping even our Corolla handles it fine

 

[hammer]

The Subie exploded. Back to my wife's old Blazer for now.

Sorry about that...details?

 

[56fish]

My wife & I have tandem bike & kayak, big dog, vacation property 650 miles from our primary residence....Box & rack(s) on top of our Ford Expedition.

 

[wa-loaf]

The Subie exploded. Back to my wife's old Blazer for now.

Damn, that sucks. What happened?

 

[bvibert]

Sorry about that...details?

Damn, that sucks. What happened?

Somehow it lost most of it's oil and the connecting rod bearings got obliterated. No oil pressure light, overheating, or other signs of trouble.. it just started losing power and then died on the highway.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Somehow it lost most of it's oil and the connecting rod bearings got obliterated. No oil pressure light, overheating, or other signs of trouble.. it just started losing power and then died on the highway.

Wow sorry bout that B !!!!! Thank god you weren't injured . Time for a new "toy"

 

[wa-loaf]

Somehow it lost most of it's oil and the connecting rod bearings got obliterated. No oil pressure light, overheating, or other signs of trouble.. it just started losing power and then died on the highway.

How are the lemon laws in CT?

 

[hammer]

Somehow it lost most of it's oil and the connecting rod bearings got obliterated. No oil pressure light, overheating, or other signs of trouble.. it just started losing power and then died on the highway.

Wow sorry bout that B !!!!! Thank god you weren't injured . Time for a new "toy"

+1 on not being injured. How many miles did it have on it?

Time for Kars4Kids...;-)

 

[bvibert]

How are the lemon laws in CT?

It was obtained through family... so it's a little messy, but I think it's all squared away now.

 

[bvibert]

+1 on not being injured. How many miles did it have on it?

Time for kars4kids...;-)

~160k

 

[C-Rex]

Damn. That sucks.

The oil pump pickup in my STi broke off at the flange at around 49k miles. Before they figured that out, they were going to wack me like $8k for a new engine. Luckily, I read about the problem on a Subie forum and told the dealer to pull the pan and check. I ended up with a brand new shortblock, valvetrain, oil pump/pickup, and turbo. Basically, anything oil touched, they replaced.

My rear seat doesn't have a pass-through because of a strut tower brace in the way, so I went with a Thule rack on mine. Between that and the trunk, I can get 4 people and their gear in comfortably. I added some ride-height adjustable coilovers 2 years ago so I can lower it in the summer and raise it up in the winter for more clearance. 3 hour drives in the snow are much more fun in a rally car.

 

[Bacon]

both

 

[Nick]

I had a car ignite on fire on the road.... my dads 1972 Porsche 914

 

[KD7000]

I use a Thule rack, though the board always travels inside the car when it's just me.

I'd really like to have a box, but I wouldn't be able to pull into my garage with it on top of the Pilot. Not enough height clearance.

 

[steamboat1]

A big box on the roof will reduce your hwy mpg. by 3-4 gallons. At least it does in my car.

 

[dartmouth01]

I put a box on top of my gf's beetle, and we only lose maybe 1 mpg. However, the beetle has odd aerodynamics, so the effect might be lessened. We need the box for when we take the dog or another person w us. I also have a set of racks but never use them anymore, unless I need the box and the racks together for a longer trip.

 

[tomcat]

I like a nice rack and a sweet box but I prefer to stick it in the back door.....The hatch of my Impreza that is. Plenty of room as long as no backseat passengers.

 

[Nick]

^ I giggled

 

[Morwax]

I didnt see "Bed of the pickup" so I voted, just throw em in the back. Or they ride in the trunk of the A6. Been looking at used Hummer H2s, Avalanche or maybe GMC yukon for the next ski bus.