With regard to Volkswagens and racks. Unless they have come out recently, the Yakima racks are NOT made to use the factory hard points. You have to use the mounts that hook into the door frame. Thule does make a bracket that attaches to the factory points. I found the VW factory rack for my Jetta to be $100+ cheaper than either Yakima or Thule. It is easier to get on and off than the Yakima rack I have on the Subaru. It comes with four clear plastic pieces of tape that mount on the body under the feet of the rack to avoid scratches. I don't know if I can get replacements. I haven't tried using my Yakima holders on the VW rack, I doubt they would work. With my hard chine CLC Chesapeake a pad works better anyway. Patrick Maun wrote: > > >> She drives one of those fancy new Beetles, if anyone has any tips for > >> car-topping a boat on one of these let me know. > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 24 2002 - 15:30:43 PDT
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