What are your ideas for maximizing space for carrying bags and luggage in a 5-seater 110. We have 4 people, 2 dogs, no roof rack and no hitch.!

How do I load soft sided bags on roof without a rack?

 

Get roof cross bars and a Thule XL or L roof box. On sale at REI now:

https://www.rei.com/product/239069/t...-3-roof-box-xl

https://www.rei.com/product/239068/t...n-3-roof-box-l

 

Pack light.

 

LOL - my suggestion would have been to take less people!

 

Get a roof rack or the cross bars for the roof.

 

Easy Fix: you and your buddy take your 2025 Porsche Carrera Cabriolet (Gentian Blue/Beige) and let the brides take the dogs and luggage....

 

I was going to say. Easiest would be rails plus the Thule rooftop box. There’s nothing you can do really as is.

You can’t load anything up there without the rack. Full stop. Especially if you have a pano roof. It’s unsafe.

The Expedition rack needs adapters to fit a rooftop box. So less “easy”. But that’s how I do it.

 

After 8 Land Rovers, you just now had this problem? Trade it in on a (puke) D130, or invest in a hitch (will help resale) and get a tray, i.e.

 

Easy answer is you don't, but in actuality you'll need cross bars and a roof box for the easiest solution. But to be honest that's a lot of people and items to put in a 110, these aren't that big on the inside

 

Agree with previous comments, that is a lot of people and dogs. Short trip, maybe. Long trip? Could get old fast. Best solution is definitely a roof rack, or the cross bars/cargo box option. But, if you have roof rails, and you don’t put too much weight up there you can add these eyelets that attach to the rails. You mention soft-sided bags, which would be safer and less chance of buggering up the roof paint and finish than hard-sided totes, but beware of the panoramic roof, if you have one, and keep the load to a minimum and use straps carefully. Tight enough to secure the load from loosening, but not so tight that you damage the sliding roof glass.