I used a ghetto ski rack (2 x 1" steel tubes, 4 x plastic feet, straps) with and without a reinforced sheet of plywood (4x8x1/2" or 3/4", 2x4 screwed along each edge) and eyebolts for tiedowns pretty successfully on an 88 audi 90 for years. I moved up to 10 or 12 sheets of 1/2" drywall & lumber at a time, my apartment in a few trips, and moved a couch & lots of flat pack furniture back from Ikea in canada. We grew a little concerned about lift developed on the skyway over the welland canal (windy day) but had no probs on the way back. Border guard at buffalo just laughed.

If your going to load it up, distribute the load over the roof- my roof got dimpled around the feet and they were maybe 3x6". Still less visible than the dent a wild turkey left flying into the car.

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It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

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