We are definitely going with the roof rack.

The rear seat in the MIV GTI is not the engineering masterpiece of the MV GTI. Tulip will understand. Our GTI/Rabbit seats flip down with the greatest of ease. Nick's, on the other hand, is extremely cumbersome. You have to do this goofy lift and slide move on the seat bottom from the front doors first. This leaves the bottom tilted up behind the bucket seats and takes up space. Then you move to the back hatch and drop the seat back and reroute the seat belts. At 6'4"Nick's driver seat is so far back that it compromises the cargo area. His huge bike will not fit.

We have all of the pieces of a Thule rack system with the exception of the vehicle specific feet. Now we hope that Thule makes them for his car. We can't find them on their web site. We are having the LBS check.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfWScRkqqRo

Until we have his rack set up he will either use the truck or swap cars with me. I am not crazy about his after market exhaust.