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Go second hand. For some strange reason people change cars so frequently there are loads of roof bars available. You just need to know what fitment type you need and the minimum width.
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Go second hand
is exactly what I'm trying to do by re-purposing some generous forumenger's bars for their previous car(s).
Just trying to work out what will fit - I've now observed that newer cars have rails with no gap beneath them. Mine are the kind with a gap, hence a band type fitting will work.
ChasnotRobert
Thanks. I've now had a look on Thule website. The bars that you have don't seem to be a current product. In the nearest equivalent, it says I need "size medium". Not that helpful.
I've measured the space between the inside edges of the bars on my car, it's 1105mm at the front where they are fixed to the roof, and 995mm at the same place at the back.
I'd always assumed they were parallel!
I don't know if that enables us to determine whether either set will fit?
At a guess I'd say the Skoda is more similar to the 5 series size wise, than an E class but that's just a guess.
Thank you for your patience with this!