As I recall, the largest item I was able to carry in my '92 GTI 16V was a new 27" CRT television in its full packaging. I may have had to fold down the rear seat and use bungy cords to hold the hatch down. That was prior to installing the Neuspeed triangulated rear stress bar. Once that was in, carrying large single items was not an option. I ended up completely removing the rear seat to save weight, and I never had the need to carry more than one passenger. But I did have a full size Chevy Blazer, and a couple of other vehicles, so the GTI became pretty much a race car that I drove on the street.
~Holland On Dec 24, 2015 08:48, "Larry Velez" <[email protected]> wrote: > I find myself having to ask for favors to haul stuff around because all > our cars are small. > > Today I had to throw out an old mattress and had to ask our lawn guy to > take it to the dump for me. > > I am thinking that if I ever get my MK2 running again I might put a rack > on it to be able to transport mattresses and such and the occasional large > item on top. I can’t yet get myself to get an SUV which would mostly be > wasted space on most days. And from what I have seen most people can’t fit > anything inside their SUV anyway and end up putting it on top anyway. > > What kind of large stuff have you put into or on top of your Mk2? > > Obviously putting anything heavy would be a no no, like that infamous MK3 > Jetta crushed by plywood… but the ocassional ladder, mattress or Ikea run > which happens ocassionally would be useful to be able to do with the Mk2. > > Some of you probably have pickup trucks for such tasks but I have no room > nor desire to own a pick up truck. > > Maybe I just need to get a ‘station wagon’ as my next daily (current daily > is an Audi B5 A4). > > -Larry > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MK2-16v" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/e91861b7cb534f2b8914a4f374e1a468%40MBX082-E1-VA-2.EXCH082.SERVERPOD.NET > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/e91861b7cb534f2b8914a4f374e1a468%40MBX082-E1-VA-2.EXCH082.SERVERPOD.NET?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CABrbKB%3D-YHfXY%3DAEjk%2Btba5P1DYxNrxD_EH1pfNbryqEwx4phg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
