> At 10:45 AM 2/17/97 -0600, Tim Smith wrote:
> >>>Also, it came with a Yakima bike rack that has the support braces resting
> >>>on the rear *window*. Don't know if I like that.... Has anyone had
> >
One thing to watch out for is using these on rough roads with part of 
the carrier resting on the sheet metal. I now have two dents in my 
hatch from doing this, even though the carrier had large 4-5" wide 
cushions on it. The bottom part of the carrier holds all the weight, 
and placing this part on the glass made it too high on the van. 

I returned it & bought a trailer hitch type (which I haven't used yet 
on the Westy, but works fine on the Jetta)

Shawn Wright (VWnut@smus.bc.ca)
'88 Westy (336k)
'85 Jetta TD (358k)
'69 Wife
'97 1st child (! :)