Jim Yanik wrote:
> Bob <nottooslow@forevermail.com> wrote in
> news:MPG.216e119811b22df9898cb@news-server.satx.rr.com:
>
>> In article
>> <dapribek-33B180.22305603102007@news-server.roadrunner.com>,
>> dapribek@adelphia.net says...
>>> In article <Xns9886704F34D0Cs321@192.160.13.20>, linda
>>> <linda@cia.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm looking for new car and am looking at small SUVs like the Acura
>>>> RDX. One of my requirements is that the SUV must be able to hold 2
>>>> mountain bikes standing upright inside (front wheel off is OK).
>>>> Has anyone tried this with the RDX? Is the cargo area tall enough
>>>> for a medium sized adult mountain bike (not a 29er)? Thanks.
>
> measure the height of your bikes,then go measure an RDX,or check the Acura
> website for cargo dimensions.
>
> My "mountain" bike measured 3 ft height at the seat,with the front wheel
> on,FWIW. Add 3 inches for the handlebars(with frontwheel on)
>
> seems that a SUV should be able to handle that.
> How do you plan to keep them upright?
>>> I recently read in the new car review section of an auto site that
>>> one
>>> customer's RDX's roof collapsed when her son climbed on top of the
>>> car to attach the bike's to a rack. It was not covered under warranty
>>> and she was quite upset!
>>>
>> Many factory roof racks have a maximum weight limit of ~100 lbs and
>> that's with the weight being distributed by the rack.
>>
>> If you are quoting from the post, it appears the post was worded to
>> make things sound bad. "Son" could be an 18 year old man. He could
>> have climbed on top of the roof and put his knee or foot down with
>> most of his weight on it. If he was a smaller kid, he could have stood
>> upright on the roof. "Collapsed" could mean "dented".
>>
>> On the other hand, after an exhausting ride, I drove into my garage
>> with my bike on the bike rack on top of my Mazda MX-6. I destroyed the
>> bike seat and bent one of the main bars of the bike rack, but my car
>> roof was undamaged.
>>
>>
>
> What's it matter? the girl wants to put her bikes on the INSIDE of the SUV.
>

Jim! You are making the false assumption that we are carefully reading
the question. :-)
I was sort of wondering when someone would notice that...