I just bought a used yakima trunk bike rack for my 2001 s- series saturn off of craigslist for 40 bucks. i believe it is the superjoe2. The guy didn't really know how to put it on and so i did some investigating.
In this investigation, i found that the my car is not on THE LIST of approved cars, even though they do leave instructions how to put it on for unlisted cars.
How much of this is a real issue? I really don't plan on hauling my bike around often less than once a month. I might take it caamping though which would be no more than 200 miles each way.
When i bought my car it was already keyed so that is not an issue. my bike is already scratched so that is not an issue. Are there other things that i should be concerned about? The only thing i can think is that the license plate would be covered up by the bike. Which around here unless a cop is being a true.....ahem.....then it that is not a problem either.
Any input would be appreciated.
oh and...in my research i found that NO trunk rack is approved for my car that i either need to do the hitch route or the roof rack route....
In this investigation, i found that the my car is not on THE LIST of approved cars, even though they do leave instructions how to put it on for unlisted cars.
How much of this is a real issue? I really don't plan on hauling my bike around often less than once a month. I might take it caamping though which would be no more than 200 miles each way.
When i bought my car it was already keyed so that is not an issue. my bike is already scratched so that is not an issue. Are there other things that i should be concerned about? The only thing i can think is that the license plate would be covered up by the bike. Which around here unless a cop is being a true.....ahem.....then it that is not a problem either.
Any input would be appreciated.
oh and...in my research i found that NO trunk rack is approved for my car that i either need to do the hitch route or the roof rack route....