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Re: know anything about car luggage racks?
See the above....
To answer your question directly, NO, you do not need to put a hole in your roof.
Two types of racks, gutter mounts and basic roof mounts, the gutter mounts use a metal rail (like a speed skate blade) and hooks that go around the window seal of your door. Not many new cars have gutters anymore. My parent's 1980 Datsun 510 did. Most new cars these days are the standard roof mounts with rubber feet (the fit kit) and the window hook things, as kevin mentions. It sounds like the Mazda6 is like this.
You will notice more wind noise with the crossbars than without and there will be a small fuel MPG hit with it. They are somewhat easy to remove and replace but it's not something you want to do every time. They sell many attachments to it to carry bikes, kayaks, skis, loadboxes or just cargo. In this way it is more flexible than a hitch mount or trunk mounted bike carrier. To carry kayaks, a roof rack or trailer is the only way to go.
Yakima makes round cross sectioned cross bars while thule makes rectangular ones. I prefer Thules but that's just me. Most gear carriers are made to work with either, so long as it's somewhat recent or new.
Jay
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