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To my surprise, the car handled fine. I was quite conservative with my driving, but was still pleased. Also, MPG only dropped 1.5 mpg or so, which isn't too bad.

Here are the pics of the M5 loaded up to the gills. And no shot is complete without at least a glimpse of Pepper - my 06 MX-5. The rear was sagging a little.

Installation was a breeze and I am not mechanically inclined. The Class 1 receiver has a tab 3/4 of the way into the receiver.

So I used the rack after drilling out the tab - no problem at all. Some slight wobble once it was loaded up, but no more than I expected. I've got some pics of the M5 loaded up with the bike rack. I'll try and post them later today.

10 minutes at most to put the bars/feet on the car. First set-up was 20 minutes. I leave the cross-bars on the feet so that all I have to do is put the feet on.

Glad to see that it worked out well. On Friday, we are taking our first short road trip (to go camping) with the 18 square foot Yakima box on top!

Excellent write up.

I did end up drilling out the tab. I did a "test run" by loading the bike rack and three bikes (2 adult and 1 child) being mindful that the total weight of the bikes and the rack could not exceed 200 lbs. I think that the set-up will work fine, although ymmv. I will be testing it out "for...

So I ordered the DrawTite hitch and installed it myself. Other than needing another set of hands to hold the hitch while I tightened it, it was a piece of cake. So tonight I put the Hollywood hitch bike rack on it and guess what - it doesn't go all the way in. The hitch receiver has a small...

Ordered the DrawTite hitch yesterday. Anxiously awaiting its arrival. I already have the 3-bike hitch rack in the garage (thank you Craigslist).

Don't post and drive!