I'm afraid I'll have to cast a vote in the opposite direction. As I look out at the parking lot I see a veritable forest of roof racks, some even on pick-up truck cabs!, all empty. There are short ones, tall ones, fat ones, tubular ones, streamlined ones, etc. etc. ad nauseum and I can't understand the attraction. Very few ever get used and I have heard many complaints of wind noise traced to roof racks. Now, I understand that a skier, surfer, snowboarder, etc. could really make use of them (and have actually seen them used!) but the looks thing drops me in my tracks.
Don't get mad, I'm not knocking your personal choices, JMHO FWIW. :wink: