Normally I use my wife's full-size SUV to transport my surfski or sea kayak. But the times she also needs a car, she HATES driving my two door sports sedan. (Too low to the ground, manual transmission, etc, etc.)
Although 95% of the time, I will continue to use her SUV, I am investigating putting a removal rack system on my Audi A5. Its a 2010, so the marks from the rack won't bother me anymore. It's either that or get a new vehicle for the few times my wife and I both need a vehicle at the same time I am paddling.
I have been using the EZ-Vee extended carry system with the OEM roof rack on the SUV. I would continue to use something like the EZ-Vee or get a GoodBoy carrier to use with Thule, Saris or Yakima (or any other brands that you may recommend).
Finally getting to my question, for those with small cars, what is the MINIMUM distance between the roof rack towers you are comfortable with to then attach the EZ-Vee/GoodBoy or other extended carrier? I do think I will probably use nose and stern ties to just minimize the twist from crosswinds, but I wanted to check with others how close you can actually run your roof rack towers to see if it's even viable to continue with the thought process of using my A5 to carry either boat.
Thanks in advance.
Although 95% of the time, I will continue to use her SUV, I am investigating putting a removal rack system on my Audi A5. Its a 2010, so the marks from the rack won't bother me anymore. It's either that or get a new vehicle for the few times my wife and I both need a vehicle at the same time I am paddling.
I have been using the EZ-Vee extended carry system with the OEM roof rack on the SUV. I would continue to use something like the EZ-Vee or get a GoodBoy carrier to use with Thule, Saris or Yakima (or any other brands that you may recommend).
Finally getting to my question, for those with small cars, what is the MINIMUM distance between the roof rack towers you are comfortable with to then attach the EZ-Vee/GoodBoy or other extended carrier? I do think I will probably use nose and stern ties to just minimize the twist from crosswinds, but I wanted to check with others how close you can actually run your roof rack towers to see if it's even viable to continue with the thought process of using my A5 to carry either boat.
Thanks in advance.