Yo Hubbers I have asked a number of people this question and am yet to get any answer and so I am appealing to anyone who can help me with this... I am looking to buy a bike rack that I can use on a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado but also on an old Merc. I would like to buy one that the bikes are put straight onto without having to dismantle anything and that support the bikes from the bottom. i.e. the pressure is only on the tyres and not the top tube or anything else as some carriers are designed. I was looking at the Thule Euro Classic/Ride on/Euroride version or the Buzz rack Buzzrunner/Buzzquattro. Ideally I would like it to be a 4 bike carrier but will settle for 3 if that is the best and strongest that is availble. Now here is the catch, I am looking for a rack that when the whole Prado is loaded (including the bikes) I can still access the boot without having to take all the bikes off first. The only thought I have had is a rack that opens with the door of the Prado on some kind of swing mechanism. The standard tilt mechanism that the Buzz Rack and Thule have will not work as the Prado boot opens like a standard door (i.e. horzontillay) and not from the floor to the sky as with most vehicles. As such, when those racks are tilted, the door can only be opened enough to get an arm in. I was told that I should look at the carriers that hang from the spare wheel at the back as that will then open with the door but I am not keen on that as then the bikes will be carried with the pressure on the top tubes and not on the tyres as would be first prize. I figured that any rack that works on the Prado will work on the old Merc but I am well aware of the definition of assumption... A long explanation but I was hoping that sopmeone has a solution as with all the Rav 4's and Prado's on the road I am sure that someone has come accross this problem before and hopefully solved it???
