Downsized from a Jeep Grand Cherokee with its Class II to a VW Wagon with a Class I. Next car will have a Class II again. Maybe a Forester.
I was driving last year on I-88 to downtown Chicago for Bike-The-Drive, when I looked in my mirror and didn't see any bikes on my platform rack.Yikes. I immediately pulled over to the shoulder.
Turns out I had not pinned the center post on my Swagman, and it tilted to the side. That let both bikes tip horizontal. They were only held at the tires by the rubber straps holding them to the tire baskets. I had looped a chain around the frames to keep kids from grabbing them off the back. That was stretched and was all I had keeping the bikes from dragging on the pavement. And all these drivers passed me and no one honked to warn me. They must hate cyclists,