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It's Ikea, king of the flat-pack. You could fit literally an entire room's worth of Ikea furniture in a subcompact hatchback, depending on which pieces you buy.
(Okay so that's on top of a tiny car, not in it, but you get the idea.)
Not that everyone doesn't do it (I definitely have on my Subaru Outback), but cars typically have really low weight allowances on top since they're usually not designed for hauling on the roof. Even my Outback, a car that comes with a rack and all kinds of accoutrements for it, has a 150 pound limit. So you really don't wanna put much IKEA furniture out there to risk damaging your roof, especially if you hit a bump. Also, damaging your roof or the frame can sometimes total your car, because it is a main safety feature for accidents in which you roll over.
First of all, that's an important safety tip, so thank you for mentioning it.
That said, I wasn't really intending to suggest carrying stuff on a roof rack. The text of my comment was about hauling stuff "in" -- as in, inside of -- a small hatchback. I just included that Beetle pic because I wanted something showing the amount of stuff you could fit in a small car and couldn't find anything better.
Yeah no prob. I think most people just...don't read their owners manuals. Not just sedan owners either. You see it with big trucks too where people haul stuff that's WAY too heavy for their brakes, or load trailers with the weight all towards the back (asking for fishtailing). Sometimes I think it's a miracle any of us survive day to day.
Yeah, I learned from experience that my old Ford Ranger can fit more compost in the bed than the suspension can handle. I made it home safely, but that was definitely an uncomfortably sketchy drive.
That looks very similar to how I got a bunch of flatpak furniture home on my Subaru Forester with the roof rack. I can haul tons of stuff in my Subi without much trouble. I just remember to bring some ropes and bungie cords if it's going on top and we're good.
If it's too much (I'm looking at you, 12' firewall sheetrock - that project was a removed) I did the sane thing and got it delivered.
Does IKEA carry roofracks?
Maybe, maybe not, it's best not to try to find out until you've bought a few large items and then consider it last minute.
Getting yourself into tricky situations due to lack of planning and then making up solutions on the spot are some of the most fun moments in life. 🌞
Look, I couldn't find a good picture of a bunch of Ikea flat-pack boxes inside a hatchback. Consider the pic I used "representative," not literal.
The point I was trying to make is that that volume of stuff would easily fit in, for example, a Hyundai Accent subcompact hatchback with the rear seats folded down. (I know this for a fact because I used to own one.)
The only reason it needs to be on the roof of an old air-cooled Beetle is that the engine is in the back.