FRONT hood mount bike rack?

[wrumbarger]

Howdy all

I was driving in McLean, VA (NoVa) and saw briefly (on a smart going the other direction on the highway) a RED Cabrio with a "Bones" style bike rack mounted on the FRONT HOOD (access panel)? ? ? ?

Anyone on this forum?

Seems to me that panel would be way to flexible for this application?

[jefferios]

OMG, that is dangerous. How could you see ahead?

[a2jack]

I guess if it were mounted into the tow hook receivers it would work.

My understanding, although I have not seen it, is that there is a second pre- drilled and threaded tow receiver hole under the plastic bonnet. A2Jack

[sandalscout]

Originally Posted by jefferios

OMG, that is dangerous. How could you see ahead?

Actually, if this smart is towed behind an RV, that might be a good place to haul bikes and then when you need to drive the car, just pull the bikes off. The rack should not obstruct driving.

[wrumbarger]

Not really trying to revive a zombie thread, but I found it in a parking lot today.
"Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should?"
Does not appear that the smart is towed behind anything (no mounting points for towbar)
I still don't think this is a very good idea.

[JPaul]

DC Metro buses do it:

[SmartDigger]

I would be afraid of the one big bump and there goes your bike and the front end of the smart.

[gbryers]

Originally Posted by JPaul

DC Metro buses do it:
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Yep, and they have the real-estate to pull it off, without obstructing the view...


I can't see that it is a good idea to have something like that sitting in your line of vision...

[ElementalDragon]

not to mention if you have a rather large bike, your tires would probably be pretty close to the ground.

[tabevan2052]

Anyone ever see the pic of the plywood on top of a car at Lowe's? The rack on that Smart is only supported by plastic bits.....