I'm thinking of buying a Pontiac Vibe to use as a shuttle vehicle. It is
station wagon like, but it has a roof rack covering only on the rear half of
the roofline. Yakima's website suggests a Q Tower mounted front bar, and a
Low Rider rear bar, mounted to the factory rack. Has anyone used this
combination? Is it level and above any sun roof? Did you just remove the
factory antenna, located at the rear center of roof?

Yakima stipulates a 75 pound weight limit. I thought that that was the limit
of the factory rack. With nominally half the weight on the Q Towers and
clips instead, shouldn't it be able to carry upwards of one hundred pounds?
I'd like to put two 16' canoes on the Yakima rack. I'd use front and rear
tie offs, and I'd like to stick with my current Yakima hardware..

Is its sister car, the Toyota Matrix, any more Yakima friendly?

Thanks

Jim