| Upgrade Your Rack to a Tube Top |
| Written by Matt James | ||
| Thursday, 28 June 2007 | ||
 Many Prius and Insight owners feel the need to own a second vehicle for towing, hauling and other occasional mass-moving tasks. Whether it's taking the kayak out on the weekends or just bringing home a Christmas tree once a year, it seems like there' always an excuse to keep that gas guzzler in the garage. No more excuses! With the HandiRack (For customers outside the UK, you can buy one here) you can transform your gas sipper into a haulin', guzzlin', aerodynamic brick when you need to, and change back to the sleek lines of your car's OEM look when you're done. Going "EE-ah-aw-oh-oo!" and singing "More than meets the eye..." is optional. (don't get it?) The HandiRack keeps luggage off the roof with a pair of inflatable double tubes, held in place by connecting the straps inside and closing your doors or windows on the flaps. They deflate and roll up to "the size of your toaster" so you can keep them in the trunk with the included air pump, and be ready to go at a moment's notice. The MPG-robbing ugliness of a permanent luggage rack can now be permanently banished... along with all evil Decepticons. via AutoBlogGreen
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written by metis , June 29, 2007
i've been doing the same thing for years with a few pieces of ultra high tech pipe insulation from the local hardware store and some uv stable rope. costs ~5$ and sticks to the underside of the trunk lid with a bungee cord. if you're putting heavier things on, get a length of 1/2" insulation and a length of ~2" and put the smaller inside the larger. if you're feelign -really- crafty you can tie a monkeyfist knot in the end of the rope, thread it through, seal the rope in the insulation (if you got the precut-adhesive flavor) and tie another monkeyfist on the other end. alternately run 4 lengths together, with a carabiner on the 2 ends to attach to the front passenger, and rear driver jesus handles and loop around the door posts or other jesus handles.
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