Laura,
When I got my car it had a rack attached to the boot (trunk) lid. Not sure
if it was exactly the one you've found - it had four suction cups on the
bottom, and four adjustable hooks which go around the edge of the boot lid.
AFAIK, the previous owner left it on permanently. I took it off because I
didn't like the way it looked - I thought I could use it only when I needed
it. When I removed it, I found four round patches of rust underneath the
suction caps, presumably where they had trapped the moisture in for a
period of several years.
Definitely a useful addition to your car, especially if it's your only car
and you want to go on holiday with it or anything. But whatever you do,
don't leave it attached permanently - remove it when not in use.
Dean
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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 14:08:36 -0700
From: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Subject: Vacu-rak
Hello Spitsters,
I just came across a cool little ad for a product called the Vacu-rak-a
carrier which attaches with vaccuum cups and looks really promising for
those of us who don't want a luggage rack permenently.
However, it seems that the company on the brochure no longer exists-at
least under that name (Innoventions, Inc.) in Sherman Oaks CA. (Well, the
date on the brochure was 1989!) I did searches on all the usual engines and
came up with nothing until I searched Google-11 returns! All in languages
that i don't speak. (I understand enough German to understand that it was
indeed the same product I was looking for.)
Two questions-
1.) Has anyone on the used this, or know of it?
2.) Would any of our Dutch (one of the sites was in Dutch) friends know
what I'm talking about and who the manufacturer is?
Any info?
TIA,
Laura G.
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