Rant: For the life of me I can't figure out why these things are so expensive

[bull]

Roof racks and cargo boxes made by Thule, Packasport and Yakima. The least expensive cargo box that you can get new looks to be the little Thule Sidekick at $240 but typically if you want a decent-sized box you're looking at $400-$800 for two moulded pieces of flimsy ABS.

I can see the Packasport costing more because it's made of layered fiberglass like a boat but those are running $700-$900. I bet those Packasport boxes must weigh 80 lbs. or so. Why doesn't anyone make these out of carbon fiber?

And if you own a car with no factory rack they really nail you on the price of some of those roof mount systems, more than $200 in most cases for four brackets and two crossbars.

http://www.thuleracks.com/fg_clamp.asp?car_id=6692&sport=29&carYear=2003&Factory_id=9287&factory_roof_rack=1&option_number=2

http://packasport.com/home/ps2/page_52

Anyway, sorry for the rant. I feel better now.

[tan top]

yeah thule is expensive .. don't make sence , the price of this stuff ,    crikey 7 to 900 ....can get 440 source stealth heads for that much

[Charger_Fan]

Probably because it's a cool sounding name & when displayed in huge letters above the roof of your car, will make everyone think you're THE scheit.              Or something.