I have a Honda CRV. I carry the mtb on the roof. I carry the road either on the roof or in back.
There are no roof options for the Cadillac STS with Yakima, Thule or Saris. These companies also do not recommend you use a trunk mount to carry bikes. It looks like the only option for the Cadillac is to had a receiver hitch to carry bikes.
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10-07-2007, 07:47 AM #1
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10-07-2007, 08:09 AM #2
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Those hitch mounted racks are pretty nice. When you take them out of the hitch reciever, you can't even tell there's anything "on" the car. (the reciever sits low, under the bumper.)
If your husband is worried about how the car will look when it's NOT carrying bikes, the hitch mount could be the way to go. And if it's the only thing that will fit on the Cadillac, well, peachy...
(putting the rack in and out of the reciever is pretty quick and simple.)
You get to have a sedan that can carry bikes, and he gets to have a sedan that doesn't look "completely ridiculous"!
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10-07-2007, 08:14 AM #3
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This isn't a helpful answer but - we have a minivan. We usually only have one seat in the back and carry our bikes inside. I don't like the idea of them hanging off the back. (My friend has a rooftop carrier and has hit his bike twice going under things that were too low.
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10-07-2007, 08:19 AM #4
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We had a roof rack on our 1995 Saturn SL2. When that car was totaled in an accident last year, we bought a 1999 Toyota Rav 4 and moved the roof rack to that car. Our bike car and our dog car have always been the same car, so we had different things that we needed to think about...a place for the pups in the back, with plenty of room for bikes on top. We're really happy with our Rav 4.
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10-07-2007, 10:19 AM #5
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I bought a Honda Ridgeline truck in which to haul bicycles and dogs.
A well designed machine--like a medium-sized SUV interior with a small pickup truck bed. The back seat folds up fully, and in goes my bike, without even having to take off the front wheel.
Not quite an SUV, not quite a Bubbatruck, it suits me well.
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10-07-2007, 11:05 AM #6
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I like those too.
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10-07-2007, 11:28 AM #7
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I, apparently, haul my bikes in a bubbatruck.
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10-07-2007, 08:14 AM #8
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Actually the Caddie doesn't get that great of mileage either. I've got a Suburban and I'm happily surprised that I average 16-17mpg. The CTS is rated as 17/24 on the site I looked at.
Like you said, they are very different vehicles. Look at why you want each one and what the benefits/drawbacks are. Good luck and have fun car shopping!
Right now I haul my bike in the 'burban. We do need the big beast to haul kids, dogs, and horses around so we'll be keeping it. I'd really like to get a more efficient vehicle to cruise around in though and would prefer that it be able to hold my bike. Do any of you have PT Cruisers? I'm not sure if they're bike compatible or not but that's what I'm leaning towards.
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