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 I second what Duncan recommended. My racks are bolted to the roof of my "boat rack on wheels" green Honda wagon. Tim N. can tell you about how quiet his car got after his rack with 4 boats went airborne. I myself, when not using a full truck lumber rack or equivalent, never travel at freeway speeds without tying down both the bow and stern of each boat that probably did cost more than anything I drive. Very "old school".
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+(//Update from Paul Reavley 2025: We are still driving the Prius. We switched from our Yakima rack to a Thule rack which seems to have a better design for fitting into the Prius door opening completely and sitting securely on top in the grooves that run along each side of the car roof above the door openings. Also the Thule tightening system employs only one easily accessible tightening screw for each mount - which we check regularly but have not noticed any significant play developing in them. We are still fans of Yakima racks, but in the specific instance of racks for cars that have no side rails or at least in the case of the Prius - Thule seems to have a better design.//) \\
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