Date:	Wed, 15 Nov 1995 05:12:56 -1000
From:	andrewh@holly.harvard.edu (Andrew Hawken)
Message-Id: <48d01o$l9c@epsilon.qmw.ac.uk>
Organization: Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, UK
Subject: Buggy Carrier

For the last couple of years, I have chosen my cars with a view to 
getting the buggy in the boot.  However, I also bought a MGB GT.  
This is an old British sports(ish) car that you might just get the buggy 
into if you took out the front seats of the car, and took the wheels
off the buggy.  Problem!

So I bought a "Paddy Hopkirk" (I think) cycle carrier which straps onto
the back of almost any vehicle.  Certainly it fits both the MG and my
other car.  On the MG it works best upsidedown!  Anyway, it cost
19UKP, and, judging by the multilingual instructions, it is available in 
quite a few countries.  It takes about 1 minute to fit to the car
(second and subsequent times, better leave yourself 10 minutes for the
first attempt) and the buggy fits it in a further minute.

Just thought that I would pass that on.  For me it is cheaper than 2 roof 
racks for both cars, (20 years between them, I cant get a roofrack to fit
both) 

Andy

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Date:	Fri, 17 Nov 1995 03:32:04 -1000
From:	KITEJAG@MOTHER.COM (John A. Gabby Jr.)
Message-Id: <48i3q1$oqm@pa.mother.com>
Organization: Mother.COM
Subject: Re: Buggy Carrier

andrewh@holly (Andrew Hawken) wrote:

snip...

>So I bought a "Paddy Hopkirk" (I think) cycle carrier which straps onto
>the back of almost any vehicle.  Certainly it fits both the MG and my
>other car.  On the MG it works best upsidedown!  Anyway, it cost
>19UKP, and, judging by the multilingual instructions, it is available in 
>quite a few countries.  It takes about 1 minute to fit to the car
>(second and subsequent times, better leave yourself 10 minutes for the
>first attempt) and the buggy fits it in a further minute.

cut a litle more...

I can vouch for the fact this type ofbike rack works great...have been
using a similar design for the past seven months on my Nissan.  One
word of advice for would be rack users...invest in a chain or cable
attached to the frame of the car and which wraps around the buggy.
While this won't stop thiefs completely, it will give some peace of
mind while you're in the local stop and go shop picking up a six pack
of soda (or whatever).


John



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