[s-cars] Avant Cross Bars

[Steven Sprague]

Ben,

    In the new Yakima bike racks, claim to fit both round and square.  I
haven't looked because my racks are on the fourth car in 6 years.  Yes,
Yakima, imo has the better but there has some to be said for some Thule
attachments.

Steve
91 200q20v

Benjamin Weste Pearre wrote:

> > > Does anyone know where I can pick up a set of cross-bars for a 95.5 S6
> > > Avant?  I want to be able to carry skis and canoes up top.
> >
> > You can get a Thule or Yakima kit that fits on our roof racks.
>
> Let me just say for the record, as a heretofore loyal Thule owner,
> that for at least the past 7 years, Yakima has made MUCH higher
> quality stuff (most visible and important in the bike racks; check the
> ski racks yourself).  It's a little more expensive, but I think
> probably well worth it, especially since these things will last a
> lifetime (the Yakima ones, at least ;) and you'll take all but the fit
> kit to your next car.
>
> I got Thule for my 1990 200TQA, because I didn't yet realise the
> extent of the quality difference, and because Yakima claims that their
> crossrail clamp doesn't fit my car.  Has anyone had any luck mounting
> Yakima racks to the small-diameter cylindrical roof rails found on
> older Audis?  I doubt it'd be hard; I just haven't tried - ideas
> welcome!
>
> -Ben
>
> --
> Ben Pearre          1990 200TQA          http://hebb.mit.edu/~ben