Rack for hatchback/wagon?

[pumpkinpony]

I have a Hyundai Accent Hatchback.. I initially wanted a roof mounted rack system for it, but after some looking I found the hitch mount quite a bit cheaper (and I don't have to lift the bikes up over my head). The bike rack I have is a Bell so not high cost; it has a fold-away design so all you do is remove a trailer pin and the mount will drop to the ground (with bikes on it!) allowing easy access to the hatch interior. Relatively easy to lock up - I use a long cable and run it through the appropriate bike parts and then around where the hitch attaches to the car. It's not coming off unless someone cuts the cable.

I like it; the hitch mount would stay on most of the time except I have found on my small car it will actually hit the ground pretty hard going through dips in parking lots, to the point that I have bent metal on the bottom of the bike rack. It's pretty easy to take on and off though. The front of the car hits the ground too but not much I can do about that.

U-Haul installed a hitch - total cost ~$150.