Re: [mk2-16v] Hauling stuff in the Mk2?

2015-12-24 Thread 'Josh Wyte' via MK2-16v
I put a coffee table in mine. Anything bigger went on my Thule roof rack Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 24, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Larry Velez 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 h

Re: [mk2-16v] Hauling stuff in the Mk2?

2015-12-24 Thread Steven Arguello
Once and only once I fit myself, 3 big dudes and our snowboards for the 1/2 hr trip to our local ski slopes. They complained all the way home about the exhaust noise, babies. Another time, I bought one of those K-Mart bike racks, it didn't like the shape of the GTi's hatch. Only 1 of the bikes

Re: [mk2-16v] Hauling stuff in the Mk2?

2015-12-24 Thread Les Noriel
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 freew

RE: [mk2-16v] Hauling stuff in the Mk2?

2015-12-24 Thread Holland Phillips
nt:* Thursday, December 24, 2015 12:09 PM > *To:* mk2-16v@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [mk2-16v] Hauling stuff in the Mk2? > > > > One of our cars is a Focus Wagon with the ztec 16v engine. It can haul > quite a bit of stuff especially when the rear seats are folded flat. In

RE: [mk2-16v] Hauling stuff in the Mk2?

2015-12-24 Thread Larry Velez
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chad Rebuck Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 12:09 PM To: mk2-16v@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [mk2-16v] Hauling stuff in the Mk2? One of our cars is a Focus Wagon with the ztec 16v engine. It can haul quite a bit of stuff especially when the rear seats are folded flat. In

Re: [mk2-16v] Hauling stuff in the Mk2?

2015-12-24 Thread Chad Rebuck
One of our cars is a Focus Wagon with the ztec 16v engine. It can haul quite a bit of stuff especially when the rear seats are folded flat. In addition to that I have a trailer hitch on two of our cars for towing a 4x8 harbor freight folding trailer. The trailer folds up and is stored in my garag

Re: [mk2-16v] Hauling stuff in the Mk2?

2015-12-24 Thread Holland Phillips
As I recall, the largest item I was able to carry in my '92 GTI 16V was a new 27" CRT television in its full packaging. I may have had to fold down the rear seat and use bungy cords to hold the hatch down. That was prior to installing the Neuspeed triangulated rear stress bar. Once that was in, car