After struggling to fit in all our camping kit + kids into our picasso we finally decided to fork out on a roofbox. I'd done my bit of research on tinternet and decided to have a look around halfords to gauge the size of these 320L, 410l boxes etc. Not seriously looking at buying as they seemed a bit pricey on there website.
When we got there to look around they had a number of ex-display boxes they were selling for what I think is a great bargain (i've been wrong before).
Picked up a 470Litre roof box for just £89.99. Brand new just ex-display!
Just need to get some roof bars now - refused to pay £55 + £25 for the feet. Ebay here I come!
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Hi try your local car/motor factor shop (if you have one) we picked up ours for fraction of price quoted at halfords
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Thought about the trailer but don't have a towbar and I'm a bit of a skinflint and wasn't willing to par £150+ to have one fitted and then pay for a trailer.
Thanks for the advice Gail, I'll certainly be keeping my eye out! Got over a month before we go away again so no major rush!
Of course that means I've got plenty of time to get more camping stuff to fill up that extra space
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June - Thorpe Park
July - Wild Duck...wooohooo
Don't want to relieve myself on your marshmallow-toaster (PC way of saying it ) but you'll find the bars are pretty expensive as well.
After many hours on the net (including eBay), best I found was £95 - there were some cheaper ones for about £60 but preferred to spend a bit more on Thule...
Hi Nelmo, managed to drop on another bargain on ebay. Just bought Thule bars and footkit 750 for my Picasso for just £34. Obviously 2nd hand but pic and description seen pretty good
Only problem is I've now got a 200mile round trip to pick them up. Fingers crossed they should be worth it though.
Then it's just a simple matter of fixing it to the car :)
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Easter - Golden Sands, Mablethorpe
June - Thorpe Park
July - Wild Duck...wooohooo
when i was looking for mine went to halfords as most do and did not like the price i was given for there own bars so went down to my m,d,c and got some mont blonc bars and feet a lot cheaper after talking to the guys there found out that mont blonc make the halfords bars just put them in a diffrent box
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Quote: Originally posted by wildejedi on 26/4/2009
Hi Nelmo, managed to drop on another bargain on ebay. Just bought Thule bars and footkit 750 for my Picasso for just £34. Obviously 2nd hand but pic and description seen pretty good
Only problem is I've now got a 200mile round trip to pick them up. Fingers crossed they should be worth it though.
Then it's just a simple matter of fixing it to the car :)
You're gonna think I'm a git but you realise that is at least £30 in petrol? So for another £20 or so, you could have got them new, with instructions and warranty.
Sorry, I'm being obnoxious (there's another word but I can't use it here ) - makes a change to get anything on eBay less than from a shop!
We bought a roofbox for our car when we started camping and realised we could not fit everything into the boot. The roof box soon filled up. We then bought a bigger car- an estate - and then we bought more stuff that we absolutely needed and ran out of space again. We have bnow bought a BIGGER car a Mitsubishi Delica and if we cannot fit everything into that then I might as well give up.
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Topic: Halfords Roof Box Bargain?
) - makes a change to get anything on eBay less than from a shop!
