Reminds me of forty years ago, my boss at the Fuji/Atala shop that I helped get going (and regular riding buddy in the Presque Isle Bike Club) had a Honda Z600 (the little two cylinder coupe that came out before the first Civic) with a roof rack. Used to carry a pair of 531 framed, all Campy Atalas on the car, and it looked comical. From the side, the bikes looked almost as big as the car, to the point you'd swear he could just reverse the situation and have the bicycle wheels on the road.

One night he comes home he rolls right into the garage without thinking. Completely shattered both bikes, tore the rain gutters off the car, and managed to slightly buckle the roof. Despite that (probably because of it because the memory stands out so strongly) I still have the Yakima roof rack on my Scion xB, but have never come close to pulling that kind of stunt. Then again, I have enough different carriers are home: The roof rack, a home made one that was used to carry three bikes across my pickup bed which has now been modified to be used inside my mini van, a four bike trailer hitch rack, plus two different strap on racks that goes across the rear hatch.