Car Top Luggage

Posted May 1, 2011 By admin

Car Top Luggage

Car Rental Business and Automotive Buying Techniques - Choosing the Right Car

Sometimes the choice has to be sacrificed due to money constraints, and sometimes public opinion gets us confused. The most advisable thing in selecting a right is to first configure our need and how much maximum we can afford to pay. The second most import thing to see is the resale value of the car, availability of the spare parts and the back up technical support.

The second part in selecting a right car are the technical specs of the vehicle. Always see the type of engine as per following classifications:

Number of cylinders
Number of valves per cylinder
Type of CAM operations (VVTi, VTEC, IVTEC etc)
Type of fuel induction (EFI, carburator)

Now a days, the right car is the one which saves money from the fuel and this is dependent upon the number of valves per cylinder and the valve operation mechanism. Honda Ivtec and VTEC system is the most efficient one right now in the automotive market. For example, Honda Civic is offering 1.8L and 2.2L I vtec SOHC and DOHC 4 cylinder engine with four valves per cylinder, giving an ouput of 140 bhp to 155 bhp, more than all the Japanese makes.

Other important factors in selecting a car are:

Luggage capacity
Seating capacity
Turning radius
Type of suspensions (front and rear)
Power to weight ratio
Car floor height from the ground
Standard tire size
Types of brakes used

An expensive audio set need not to be focussed as it has nothing to do with your safety or travelling convenience, it is just a luxury which can be replaced any time. Instead always focus on the basic technical specs which mean a lot to your savings and safety and travelling comfort.

If you have children then, the right car will be the one with the biggest trunk available. Best would be an SUV with all four ABS assisted Disk brakes and turning radius of 4.6 to 5.5 meters. An SUV with 18 to 17 inch tire size car would be more safer to drive and more fuel economical as compared to with 1 inch or lesser tyre size. Similarly, if you choose a 5 door SUV with 2000 kg curb weight but with a 1.8L engine would be more heavy on fuel as compared to one with a 3 liter engine with 1800 kg cub weight. The lighter your car but with powerful engine, you will need to press the gas pedal less as compared to a car which is underpowered.

Under powered cars have less engine life as compared to rightly powered cars with more power to weight ratio. Power to weight ratio is calculated by dividing the total dead weight of the car by the horsepower.

The more spare parts you find in the market, the more technical support is available, the more will be the resale value and less depreciation in the value at the time of selling. The earlier you get your car fixed with genuine spare parts, the lessor you would loose from your pocket. Selecting a Ford would be much better option as compared to a Mitsubishi Pajero. Even if have to sacrifice the shape of Mitsubishi, go for something which is more convenient to afford, both on fuel and maintenance. Remember, family, kids are not seeking for speed thrill, they actually require comfort, safety, economy and reliability.

Tashfeen Karim

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Articles Islamabad

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Do they make weatherproof bags for luggage so I can strap my suitcase to my rack on my car and it not get wet?

Hi there. So my hubby, 3 year old, 8 month old and I are driving 1,000 miles Friday to go visit family up north. The car we are taking is an ok size (not super tiny) but when you add up all the baby stuff we have to take it would really help if we could tie our huge suitcase to the rack on the top of my car. Do they sell like a weatherproof bag for suitcases for situations like this? Not online but like somewhere I could go pick it up (Wal-Mart, Target, etc.)? I don't want to spend $200 on the big fiberglass things they have if I'm only going to use it like once every few years. All input is appreciated.

We picked up one at Wal-Mart thinking that it would be easy enough to store extra stuff on the roof when I drive to Philadelphia to pick up my brother from college. Unfortunately, since I was driving a Honda Civic at the time, the bag was just way too big and didn't securely fit on.

The problem I found with them is just that you need to be extremely cautious about any openings/tears on the bag itself. Our cousins had a roof bag and was packing up. Her whole car was filled up, and the whole bag on the roof just busted open on the highway and she had to pull over and try to retrieve some of the items. Most of the items were already destroyed. I won't even mention what happened when she was traveling with 2 cats in the car, that managed to get out of the cage.

I am going to do my best to edit this answer and add on if i come up with more advice and tips for your waterproof bag search. I am currently in the process of packing up for a trip to San Fransisco, so I will definitely do my best to run some more research and see what I can find for you.

The Wal-mart bag, now that you mention it, does seem to be good for your trip. I believe it was just bad luck on my cousins part, but as long as you know that you need to strap the bag down and make sure it's closed, and its not overflowing you won't have a problem.