Boxster bike rack

[Raven Flyer]

HereBeMonsters said:

Yes it is. I almost bought a Boxster instead of the Elise because of this.

If there was an Elise variant, I would snap it up like an overzealous nephew playing "snap".

There is nothing cool about a Boxster with a roof rack.

Either it goes inside, or you take your other car.

[vwsurfbum]

Raven Flyer said:

HereBeMonsters said:

Yes it is. I almost bought a Boxster instead of the Elise because of this.

If there was an Elise variant, I would snap it up like an overzealous nephew playing "snap".

There is nothing cool about a Boxster with a roof rack.

Either it goes inside, or you take your other car.

I do mainly take the Leon but for those days when she needs it because of the kiddies i use baby pig

[HereBeMonsters]

Raven Flyer said:

HereBeMonsters said:

Yes it is. I almost bought a Boxster instead of the Elise because of this.

If there was an Elise variant, I would snap it up like an overzealous nephew playing "snap".

There is nothing cool about a Boxster with a roof rack.

Either it goes inside, or you take your other car.

I disagree.

[Some Gump]

Raven Flyer said:

There is nothing cool about a Boxster with a roof rack.

Either it goes inside, or you take your other car.

bks, it's cool, as long as it is an mtb on knobblies.

[billzeebub]

Boxster bike rack very cool, shows a lack of compromise and sense of adventure, that your car isn't just a posing tool. I usually stick the bikes on the Corrado (roof mounted rack), even though I own 2 vastly bigger more practical bike carrying vehicles. When I go camping the Corrado also invariably gets taken. Great to be able to take the rack off at the other end and still have a compact performance car for diving around in..

[vwsurfbum]

sorry no pic with the MTB on it.

[AyBee]

What's it attached to underneath?

[vwsurfbum]

AyBee said:

What's it attached to underneath?

Its got its on skid pan that fits to the already fitted engine skid plate. it makes the rest of the rack easily removed via two padlock holes

[TonyHetherington]

That looks like it works pretty well!

[vwsurfbum]

it does, takes 2 mins to fit and once taken off, no one knows its there.

[mk1fan]

Looks like a neat solution.

Is there a weight limit on the bikes?

[996 sps]

vwsurfbum said:

sorry no pic with the MTB on it.

Have you got a link to show where you get them from mate.

[Spyder3400]

Interesting solution there...have you tried it at speed? I always wonder if I had the bike on a rear mounted rack would it fly off at speed or worse would the car take off!

[vwsurfbum]

996 sps said:

Have you got a link to show where you get them from mate.

www.birdautomotive.com

Spyder, i have and apart from a little side to side movement its pretty solid.

My bikes are nice and light :wink: so no need to worry there, its only when i have to take a passenger i have to worry! :lol:

[Raven Flyer]

vwsurfbum said:

sorry no pic with the MTB on it.

So much cooler than that awful roof rack.

[vwsurfbum]

Raven Flyer said:

So much cooler than that awful roof rack.

and it wont get my roof dirty!

[996 sps]

vwsurfbum said:

www.birdautomotive.com

Spyder, i have and apart from a little side to side movement its pretty solid.

My bikes are nice and light :wink: so no need to worry there, its only when i have to take a passenger i have to worry! :lol:

Thanks - looks smart.

[Spyder3400]

Good to know thanks, glad someone is putting in the testing!

[HelenT]

Sold my bike rack to VWsurfbum had 3 years of using it for my time trial bike(added a legacy estate to the car collection and it became redundant). Great piece of kit, I'd always wanted a Boxster and at the time it was the only way I could have one.I think it cost about £400 with shipping from the states.
Always raised a few eyebrows but I liked the fact that there was no risk of damaging the paintwork,and pretty easy to use (not quite as easy as chucking it in the back of an estate!)

[Andy_sx]

that looks pretty smart, and I am almost certain it could be used on a VX / Elise with a bit of modification / bracing to the roll hoop (underside of it has bolts you could use) and attach underneath where the undetray / diffuser mounts to engine bracing...

I feel a bit of a plan coming on