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  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    spiro wrote: »
    Why would you put a case in a box? Just put the gear straight in the box, it reduces the weight in the box and can be easier the lifting (potentially) heavy cases up into the box.

    Another option could be a tow bar and small trailer.

    Usually because mine is full of dead spiders, and the odd snail. And I can't reach it to pack the clothes, but I can throw a suitcase in and out.
    The suitcases are hard Samsonite ones, so they're waterproof, if the box ever leaks.
  • JQ.
    JQ. Posts: 1,919 Forumite
    spiro wrote: »
    Why would you put a case in a box? Just put the gear straight in the box, it reduces the weight in the box and can be easier than lifting (potentially) heavy cases up into the box.

    Because it makes it far simpler to load and unload.

    Arriving at my destination in pooring rain and doing 15 journeys with handfulls of clothes up to my room on the 12th floor would not be my idea of a good start to the holiday - or put the clothes in a case and do it in 1 trip.

    We have a roofbox and bars for our family car and it's great. Even better is that we bought them both off Ebay for about £80. The cost new was in excess of £300 and I've no doubt we could sell them on Ebay for over £80 tomorrow.
  • missile
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    edited 16 March 2011 at 6:10PM
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Renting a car like a Galaxy (why?), would set you back about six hundred pounds, for two weeks. A box and a set of bars about three or four hundred at the most.

    I can hire a Vauxhall Zafira for £343.86 for 2 weeks. :)
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  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    missile wrote: »
    I can hire a Vauxhall Zafira for £343.86 for 2 weeks. :)

    And I can buy a roof box and bars for less than that. :)
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • missile
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    edited 16 March 2011 at 11:26PM
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    And I can buy a roof box and bars for less than that. :)
    really? you said....
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    ...... A box and a set of bars about three or four hundred at the most.
    I would suggest £250 - £700+ depending on quality and size of the box.
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  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    missile wrote: »
    I can hire a Vauxhall Zafira for £343.86 for 2 weeks. :)

    I've got a Zafira, and a 500l+ roofbox, and a trailer.
    Maybe I need a Transit.
    Or a Cargo
  • JQ.
    JQ. Posts: 1,919 Forumite
    . . . . and I got original Ford Roofbars and a Kamei roofbox (AutoExpress Best Buy) for less than £100 off Ebay. All in great condition and could easily sell them on Ebay for more than what I paid - cost to me if I chose to sell them after 1 use £0. Definately cheaper than hiring a bigger car.
  • mama4321
    mama4321 Posts: 66 Forumite
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    Halfords have 50% off selected top boxes when you buy any roof bars at the moment.
  • missile
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    edited 17 March 2011 at 2:07AM
    mikey72 wrote: »
    I've got a Zafira, and a 500l+ roofbox, and a trailer.
    Maybe I need a Transit.
    Or a Cargo

    This would be perfect for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDQQfBrSUs0 :rotfl:
    "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
    Ride hard or stay home :iloveyou:
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    missile wrote: »
    really? you said....

    I would suggest £250 - £700+ depending on quality and size of the box.

    £300 is less than £343.86.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
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