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[cam2502]

We have booked a wee holiday in Porthmadog in September , what with the new baby and dog we will be taking the Saab estate but reckon a roof box is needed. Can anyone tell me what would be best? Do I need roof bars for it to sit on or does it somehow attach to the bars on the car pictured below.
Any advice welcome 

[tigers_gonads]

Yes, roof bars needed 

Halfords roof boxes are pretty well made and not badly priced.

[Entwood]

As you're not going until september .. keep an eye on fleabay ... I picked up mine, and a set of bars from within 40 miles, and in excellent condition, for very good prices ... collection was a tad humorous .. the folks with the box wanted me early in the morning .. I had to point out I had to go somewhere else first to get the bars to fit the box on !!! All sorted very amicably

Takes a while perhaps for one to come available in your "willing to travel" circle, but you never know your luck 

Edit :

There's one close to you now .... if I've set the area right !!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/car-roof-box-bought-at-halfords-52inches-length-36incheswidth-and-15inches-high-/151048060002?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Touring_Travel&hash=item232b2a7c62

This one a tad further ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mong-Blanc-Roofbox-Large-/251279965565?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Touring_Travel&hash=item3a8173fd7d

[martin42]

some places hire out roof boxes and roof bars,if you didnt want to buy 1

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Nice place Porthmadog go there often "Sunday Drives" mostly but also to see the Portmeirion village "No.6 Im a free man"  .. Hope you have good weather for your holiday there 

[cam2502]

Thanks for that Entwood  , Wigtown is around 75 miles from me though, and I'm thinking I may need a larger box. 

[TheBoy]

Roof bars needed. On that car, they will probably clamp to the bars you have.

I picked up my Karrite pikey box, 340l, from one of the towing shops on egay for abour £100 about 3 yrs ago.  Provides plenty of storage, but the weight limit GM state for Omega is a limitation if you're putting anything heavy up there.

[cam2502]

Won't be anything heavy, just clothing I would imagine. The prams gonna take up most of the inside space.

[TheBoy]

Won't be anything heavy, just clothing I would imagine. The prams gonna take up most of the inside space.

We use those vacuum storage bags to seal up cloths/sleeping bags/duvets/pillows that we put in the roofbox, just in case if water ingress.

That said, we've driven through some serious wet weather - including from Bristol to Hayle in torrential rain in March, when the rest of the country had that last lot of serious snow - and never had it weep in. Sods law will state that the day we don't put stuff in watertight bags will be the day it does weep

Storing it for the 51 weeks of the year you don't need it also needs to be considered - I imagine long term UV sunlight won't do the plastics much good.


This is the one I bought, from that seller.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thule-Karrite-Roof-Box-Odyssey-340-Litre-Box-Silver-Grey-/380639530687?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Touring_Travel&hash=item589fe24ebf

[cam2502]

Great idea! Never even thought about they bags TB, thanks for that