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What's wrong with the factory racks on Minivans?
Michael Daly wrote:
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 I bought my Jeep in 99 online. At 2000 miles it made its first trip into the woods. The scratches I picked up still show. At 10,000, a tree leaped out at me on the edge of an old abandoned rail road bed I was following and tore off the cheap plastic wheel well fairing. I hung it the garage. Every nick and ding I put there. Great reminders of some interesting travels. Now at 120 Kilo miles, I wonder if I will be able to keep it alive for another 100 K. Vehicles are like boats - the interesting ones have a lot of scuffs on them. The shiny ones might look nice, but they don't go anywhere. I ported my Yakima howler bars over to the Jeep from a Dodge Van. I just love those rain gutter mounts. Once clamped in place, you can reef on the racks so hard you can lift the tires off the ground. Only problem is the Jeep is lower than the van was. I never had to duck under the 84 inche bars on the van. On the Jeep, I do, but I don't always remember in time. Blakely --- Blakely LaCroix Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA r.b.p. clique member # 86. "The best adventure is yet to come" |
What's wrong with the factory racks on Minivans?
Railtramp wrote: Michael Daly wrote: 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 I bought my Jeep in 99 online. At 2000 miles it made its first trip into the woods. The scratches I picked up still show. At 10,000, a tree leaped out at me on the edge of an old abandoned rail road bed I was following and tore off the cheap plastic wheel well fairing. I hung it the garage. Every nick and ding I put there. Great reminders of some interesting travels. Now at 120 Kilo miles, I wonder if I will be able to keep it alive for another 100 K. Same here. My once spotless CR-V has huge scratches running the entire length of the vehicle on both sides from driving in the woods as well as scratches on the roof from hauling kayaks. The interior is a different story, I keep it clean and neat (as much as possible). I bought my vehicle to use in the woods and haul gear, not to look pretty parked out in front of Target. Here's a Jeep that was pampered all its life and look what happened to it. ;) It was the only time it was ever off the pavement. http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=t6qhom |
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