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I use the heck out of the roof rack on both of my Jeeps. The old beater jeep has a thule rack system on it ( there when I got it), and I haul ladders, wood, pipes, you name it. We also use the factory rack on our other jeep for long distance road trips.We use one of those big yakima containers, and we can fit a ton of stuff in it and leave us some room in the vehicle to move around.
I don't care if it looks dorky, suv's in general are dorky anyhow, just large crap haulers to me
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I'm not qualified to judge what is and isn't dorky, but I've always admired the rack under this green turtleneck:
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they are NOT dorky when filled with beer in ice chests and spare tires!
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I dont have much time for roof racks other than absolute necessity.
It seems they are the new trend in what ever style of car these are...   
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My protege 5 has them from the factory. I haven't had the need to use them but there they are.
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I love my roof rack on my 4Runner, it gets lots of use. Car top carrier, boards, pipes, canoe, etc. The hitch does too. When I pick up another dirt bike one day I'll get a hitch hauler for it that can still pull a small camping trailer behind it. It'll be a nice setup...
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My X-Terra would look dorky without the roof rack.
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I've kept a Yakima rack on the wife's Corolla for years. It's a pain to take off, store, then remount everytime I want to hit the river. And I'm not about to tie a 17' kayak to the roof of a car without a rack- I did that enough with my squirt boat before I was old enough to consider using a rack.
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Why do you care what "THEY" think? That stuff is for young insecure people. "THEY" know nothing. There are important issues to worry about. This is certainly not one of them.
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Most of the factory racks have a sticker warning not to load more than about 15 pounds on them. From a style standpoint... I think some vehicles do look better with a roof rack, functional or not.
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Roof racks are a status / cool thing where I live.
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