Yakima vs Thule for Acura Ingra?

[canyon]

Hi everybody,
I just registered with this forum. I've been tent camping for a long time, using smallish cars that I pack very tightly. I'm planning on a long trip in the fall to Yellowstone from So Calif in my Integra and I'm finally ready to buy a cargo box, to save time packing. Does anyone have any opinions on types of cargo boxes. I would really appreciate your advice or places I can go to read what people say. Thank you.

[tplife]

Re: Yakima vs Thule for Acura Ingra?

Welcome Aboard Canyon!!! Last year we sold our Integra for a Prius, but the issues were the same. The roof rack that would fit my '00 Integra would allow for only the smallest of racks, offering measly support for a cargo box. The mileage hit would have been huge, and the roof rack would soon be left on permanently, meaning a mileage loss and whistling (yep, even with the front fin to reduce wind noise). The solution was a Thule Transporter Combi cargo box and a Class II trailer hitch and plug-in light kit. The Thule weighs around 55 pounds and has a 150-pound weight capacity. I added Firestone RideRite air bags in the coils to eliminate any rear-end sag, which could cause some scraping of the cargo box in off-road type situations commonly found in campgrounds. The cost of the box+hitch wasn't really any more than the box+roof rack, and you don't take the big hit in mileage, no need for a stepladder to load and unload the thing, and no dings on the roof from gear mishaps. The Transporter Combi is 13 cubic feet, the size of a Toyota Corolla trunk.