I had a Yakima rack that I could install on the roof to carry large objects. Still wasn't a great solution.
I once carried a 3/4" melamine 4x8 sheet of wood. When I tried taking it down, it sheered off my fender mounted antenna. On another occasion, I dropped two roof mounted bikes onto the freeway when the Yakima broke loose off the top. My current daily is a B6 Audi A4 Avant. Although it does carry a lot inside, I'm still hesitant to load fertilizer, potting soil and other similar items inside of a passenger car. I've borrowed or rented pick up trucks when I've needed it. I miss my little 1982 VW pickup. On Dec 24, 2015 8:48 AM, "Larry Velez" <la...@sinu.com> wrote: > I find myself having to ask for favors to haul stuff around because all > our cars are small. > > Today I had to throw out an old mattress and had to ask our lawn guy to > take it to the dump for me. > > I am thinking that if I ever get my MK2 running again I might put a rack > on it to be able to transport mattresses and such and the occasional large > item on top. I can’t yet get myself to get an SUV which would mostly be > wasted space on most days. And from what I have seen most people can’t fit > anything inside their SUV anyway and end up putting it on top anyway. > > What kind of large stuff have you put into or on top of your Mk2? > > Obviously putting anything heavy would be a no no, like that infamous MK3 > Jetta crushed by plywood… but the ocassional ladder, mattress or Ikea run > which happens ocassionally would be useful to be able to do with the Mk2. > > Some of you probably have pickup trucks for such tasks but I have no room > nor desire to own a pick up truck. > > Maybe I just need to get a ‘station wagon’ as my next daily (current daily > is an Audi B5 A4). > > -Larry > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MK2-16v" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/e91861b7cb534f2b8914a4f374e1a468%40MBX082-E1-VA-2.EXCH082.SERVERPOD.NET > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/e91861b7cb534f2b8914a4f374e1a468%40MBX082-E1-VA-2.EXCH082.SERVERPOD.NET?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CAEpuu2OqkA8aVdeEE7yjG5-neTmKegoqwh6wa0UFJwM942k3Hw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
