BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - What's wrong with the factory racks on Minivans?

On 5-Apr-2006, wrote:

I just didn't care. Still don't.

If I cared, do you think I'd be driving a 14 yr old car? I've been promising
myself to fix up some paint chips and dings for a few years now. As long
as the rustproofing holds out, I can't get too concerned.

It is a tad embarassing if I take someone "special" for a drive and
they get a face full of pine needles or other forest stuff blown out of the
car's air vents. But then I remember the famous photo of Bill Mason's
early '70s Toyota with a gazzillion canoes on a rack, driving where most
folks would be afraid to take their SUV and remember what cars are really for
(Photo in Path of the Paddle - or was it Song of the Paddle?).

I still don't understand why other peoples' cars and trucks seem so sensitive
to roof racks, tie downs and stuff. Maybe paying for that paint protection coating
option was worth it?

Mike