subject: Saving space – roof bars for cars and vans [print this page] Saving space roof bars for cars and vans
Here's a thought: if you had a car or van that really had enough storage space in it to meet all your needs, all of the time, you'd be driving a bus. It's a simple fact of life that almost every person, certainly every family, with a car has hundreds of different uses for it and that sometimes those uses involve packing a lot more people and things into the vehicle than one ever thought possible. Well, for a few extra pounds you can fit your vehicle with roof bars for cars and vans and then you are well on your way to having that space versatility whenever you need it, without breaking the bank.
There are multiple advantages to roof bars, which other motoring storage solutions can't offer. First up is cost. Roof bars don't cost a great deal of money because there isn't a great deal of roof bar. You get a platform perfectly capable of enabling you to fit things onto the roof of the car or van without having to buy the box or whatever that those things are going to go in. So all you end up paying for is two long bars made of metal and the clips that fit them to the roof.
Next advantage to roof bars for cars and vans: safety. This is really several advantages rolled into one, so let's deal with them in order. First your car or van. Roof bars allow you to put stuff on the roof without that stuff actually touching the roof. Hence no scratches and no subsequent rust. Next: the safety of your luggage or whatever you had on the roof. Roof bars, when they have nothing on them, are clearly devoid of things worth stealing. So those things don't get stolen. And there's no box to break into on the off chance.
Also: roof bars for cars and vans improve driver and passenger safety. How? By getting extra kit onto the roof, and so clearing the visibility inside the car, which makes driving safer.
Next advantage: convenience. Get a roof box and, unless you know in advance what kinds of things you will be putting in it, you have no guarantee that the thing you want on the roof will fit in the box. Use roof bars and you can strap pretty much whatever you want onto them.
Roof bars for cars and vans offer the greatest storage flexibility at the best prices. In fact, as Christmas rolls its jolly little self over the hill and everyone starts planning their trips to family and relatives and so on; roof bars could well be an ideal pre festive purchase. Why travel six hours in a traffic jam with your kids sitting on a load of presents when you could just strap the lot to the roof? Just don't tell Santa or you'll only get a piece of coal in your stocking.
